I jjust bought an old house, and among a few others, there are some strange four pronged electrical outlets. I am looking for a jpeg or pdf or any online resource to learn about what these might be...
Thanks
2006-11-25 09:26:50 · 5 answers · asked by Charles G 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
it's definitley not one of those old phone jacks...the blades are flat: in ASCII text it looks like this:
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anyone ever see this?
2006-11-25 10:09:21 · update #1
This sounds like, from your description, to be old style telephone jacks.
2006-11-25 09:38:50 · answer #1 · answered by butch 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the outlet is about an inch or inch and a quarter square with 4 small round holes spaced two wide and two a little narrower, you have phone jacks that went obsolete in the seventies
2006-11-25 09:39:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are about the only ones I could find http://passandseymour.com/pdf/B42.pdf are there any markings on the outside of the outlet, is it surface mount or flush mount, where are the outlets at in your home?.
2006-11-25 12:54:11 · answer #3 · answered by Ray D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like they are 230 volt receptacles. Get a meter or an electrician.
2006-11-25 09:41:42 · answer #4 · answered by brian d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be many things go to a library they have the books
2006-11-26 04:18:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋