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Does anybody know what this outlet is for? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I moved into a house built in the 1950s in the north eastern US and this outlet is on the back of the house but I can't find anything like it searching online. If anyone knows what it is I'd greatly appreciate the enlightenment!

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[–] [S] 14 points 3 days ago (1 child)

Thank you, I've never seen older than the 6P4C, I love learning little tid bits of history like this!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    Sure. Honestly I've never seen one in person. 4 wires is the norm for telephones and I figured it was too small to be high voltage so I guessed comms then researched it. Ended up being right luckily 😅

    Wonder if it actually still works

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Thats good question, I might have to go antiquing to find something to try it out with.... although i suppose I'd have to pay to activate the line so maybe not.

    And yeah I ruled out power right away since theres no poka-yoke feature to prevent mixing up hot, neutral, and ground, but "four prong outlet" and reverse image searching weren't getting me there.

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