Break Off Fin
To do this hold the fin with the nose of the pliers and rock back and forth until the fin breaks free.
Break off fin. I did not remove the break off fin from the leviton 15a 125v 2circuit outlet when i installed. Causing the no 1 engine and portions of the wings to break off on its way down towards the ocean 2000 31 01 alaska airlines flight 261. One switch a operates one light and the one switch b operates other light. When the break off tabs have been removed on a duplex receptacle it isolates each individual receptacle.
I did not break off fin. Fin collapse due to inertia coupling during high speed tests 0 first supersonic ejection by a uk pilot fin enlarged 1963 01 24. Check the terminal fin. The leviton outlet states its for 2 circuit separate feed conversion.
Most often this is done so that one receptacle is connected to be always energized and the other receptacle is connected to a switch as for. Make sure that you remove all remnants of the copper terminal fin. I want to know what happens when power is turned on and the break off fin is not removed. 1 half the receptacle is switched 2 top and bottom halves of the receptacle are on different circuits my understanding is this is common or even code in canadian kitchens in either case there are two different hot wires feeding the receptacle.
Installed per directions however doesn t work properly. This reduces the chance of circuit breakers flipping off because of excessive power draws. If you turn off a switch it turns off both lines. Now if i m just looping from outlet to outlet on a circuit i just leave the outlet as is and use the remaing brass and silver screws to feed the next outlet in the loop right.
It has a break off fin between the two black screws. However in order for b to work a must be on. Common reasons for breaking off the fin.