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Tomorrow I will go out and take a look at the connector on my
generator but I'm pretty sure it's made for the pins to be exposed.
I can't tell from the photo but I thought the pins that you see are
metal on the outside and are what makes contact with the inside of
the socket on the generator. I will will have to get another look at
it to see if my mind is playing tricks on me as it's been a while
since I've worked on it.
Sorry for the confusion,
Bryan
Mel Miller wrote:
>
> I agree that the two pins pictured at
> http://www.qsl.net/ke6myk/miscpics/curbside2.jpg would be "live" if the
> other end of the power cable were connected to a source of power.
> However, what I said in my original posting s that these connectors are
> constructed so that the INSIDE of the hollow post is the area which is
> LIVE and that the OUTSIDE of the HOLLOW pins is INSULATED from the
> current carrying inside. That is what gives these connectors their
> explosion proof quality.
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