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  2. Power strip - Wikipedia

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    These power strips have a reset button for the circuit breaker, which is used to return the strip to service after an overload has caused it to trip. On some power strips, the red, lighted rocker switch actually controls a thermal circuit breaker which flips to off when tripped. Resetting is done by flipping the switch back on. [11] [12]

  3. Electrical outlet tester - Wikipedia

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    A receptacle tester for North American wiring. An electrical outlet tester, receptacle tester, or socket tester is a small device containing a 3-prong power plug and three indicator lights, used for quickly detecting some types of incorrectly-wired electrical wall outlets or campsite supplies.

  4. Circuit breaker - Wikipedia

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    Actuator lever – used to manually trip and reset the circuit breaker. Also indicates the status of the circuit breaker (On or Off/tripped). Most breakers are designed so they can still trip even if the lever is held or locked in the "on" position. This is sometimes referred to as "free trip" or "positive trip" operation.

  5. NEMA connector - Wikipedia

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    These versions of the 5-15R or 5-20R receptacle are residual-current devices, and have "Test" and "Reset" buttons (and sometimes an indicator light which may be normally on or normally off per the vendor's design). In the US and Canada, GFCI protection is required for receptacles in many potentially wet locations, including outside outlets ...

  6. 10 Things Outlet Malls Won't Tell You - AOL

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    Outlet stores date back more than a century, to when factories offered discounts on excess and damaged shoes and clothing to employees -- and later the public, too. 10 Things Outlet Malls Won't ...

  7. Residual-current device - Wikipedia

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    A residual-current device (RCD), residual-current circuit breaker (RCCB) or ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) [a] is an electrical safety device that interrupts an electrical circuit when the current passing through a conductor is not equal and opposite in both directions, therefore indicating leakage current to ground or current flowing to another powered conductor.

  8. Cops finally solve 1988 murder of teen found naked by a river ...

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    Tracy Whitney was killed in August 1988 in Washington state.Cops have finally solved the murder of an 18-year-old woman found naked on a riverbed in Washington state more than 30...

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