These 110 volt receptacles look like typical electrical outlets but one is not. Instead of 110 volts, the one in the center of the picture contains 220 volts [for a previous window air conditioner that required 220]. The former air conditioner was replaced with a 110v unit and plugged into the other outlet which was 110 volts because the dimwit knew enough NOT to plug it into the 220. Duh. [Are you following this?]
But the 220 volts not only stayed inside the wall but was allowed to be disguised as a 110 volt outlet. [A shocking development.]
[You can't see it in the photograph but there is a marking inscribed in pencil on the cover plate by the electrical wizard who installed this that reads: 220 volts. [Probably for his own sake, lest he forget.]
Plug in your new Plasma TV into this outlet and you'll need another kind of plasma.
This is why real electricians get the big bucks; they keep us safe from our own stupidity and help to keep us out of the Emergency Room.
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