I guess I'm just a might older than John T my mothers house was wired with two wires one hot the other grounded. For some reason they had a 30 amp fuse on both sides. We are talking pin and tube system. Grab the hot wire around the insulated part and get a good shock. Many houses were burned to the ground because of the poor insulation. Both wires were black in those days you just took your chance it was wired correctly. The wall sockets were not setup to except which way the plug from the toaster went in so the case could be hot or not. Now this system worked quite well for us for over 50 years then we went to Romex insulation and a black and white wire and the wall sockets were fixed so the plug would only go in one way. Well this would work as long as you had the new plug on the toaster. Then someone added another wire and called it the ground it went from wall socket to wall socket all around the house to ground everything. I have a collection of old waffle irons and toasters you plug in and hope its correct but they work and as long as you stay out of the bathtub they seem to be safe. It's a wonder us old guys ever got this old with all the unsafe things we lived with. I remember when gum was wrapped in lead foil we had a ball made of those wrappers about 4 in. In diameter. Lead in the gas. Lead in the paint and lots of other things. Yep those were the good old days and some of us actually survived it. What i said about changing the wires on a light was because the switch was on the neutral to make it correct change the wires at both ends and mark them as such. To some this may sound dumb but the only difference between the two wires is the color so if they are marked correctly what is the difference. It's just a light switch not the Qween Mary. Walt
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