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Electrical compatibility expected
The Phactors decided that we would replace our ancient chest freezer while it was still an option, rather than a necessity to do so. A couple of big box stores had little to offer so a locally owned store was a welcome change of pace, and after arranging the purchase, the next day delivery was set up. Getting either a new or old chest freezer up out of our basement is no small task especially as the entry has been greatly altered since the old freezer was brought in. Good to know it's still possible to get such things in and out of the house, and very glad younger backs were doing the heavy lifting. While setting up the new freezer, one of the movers picked up the plug and got a puzzled look, and asked TPP, "How does this work?" A examination of the problem did not take long, and a pile of still frozen food was waiting for a new frozen haven. Fortunately TPP had an adapter that made this plug compatible with the 3 prong outlets. Does this look familiar to any of my foreign readers? Looks generally European to TPP, and no idea how the local appliance store got such a model. Although the food remained frozen, a next day freezer exchange was arranged with proper electrical compatibility. You wonder how such things happen. Just lucky about having this adapter; enough foreign house guests that made this necessary because in our giant bag of plug adapters accumulated over the years, all are to adapt our 3 prong plugs to some other configuration, and this was 2 prong to 3, not usually needed here abouts. Sales clerk & store manager were quite perplexed and not about to offer next day delivery to Europe.
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Yes, definitely European. Looks like a German "Schuko-Stecker" to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko
Yes, definitely European. Looks like a German "Schuko-Stecker" to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko
Sorry, this made it look like TPP left this comment; just copied it and displayed it. Couldn't publish it as an Anonymous. Blogger just gets clunkier.
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