On 8 Dec 2006 at 19:33, Tony Duell wrote:
I own a Toshiba microwave oven (with 3-prong grounding plug) that
will not power up if the mains socket is wired up with the feed
reversed. Drove me crazy the first time I tried to use it until I
Is this by accident or design?
Strangely enough, it's by design. I wondered the same thing and went
to the owner's manual. Says so right there. But then, it's an old
microwave, so that's when Japanese consumer appliances were still
engineered with something other than selling price in mind.
Cheers,
Chuck