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Could have had what is called a hot chassis. Before standard polarized plugs with a U-ground pin came out there was really no standard as to which blade of a plug was hot and the other neutral and sometimes the hot side of the line was the wire that was connected to the chassis. This is the reason why you could get lifted while leaning on the fridge and stirring a pot on the electric stove. Reversing the plug by turning it around would usually solve the problem. Nowadays the wider plug is always wired to the neutral and the narrower blade is the hot lead. If wiring your own plug always wire the black hot wire to the brass screw and the neutral white wire to the shiny silver screw. The ground of course goes to the green screw.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 451682, member: 39"] Could have had what is called a hot chassis. Before standard polarized plugs with a U-ground pin came out there was really no standard as to which blade of a plug was hot and the other neutral and sometimes the hot side of the line was the wire that was connected to the chassis. This is the reason why you could get lifted while leaning on the fridge and stirring a pot on the electric stove. Reversing the plug by turning it around would usually solve the problem. Nowadays the wider plug is always wired to the neutral and the narrower blade is the hot lead. If wiring your own plug always wire the black hot wire to the brass screw and the neutral white wire to the shiny silver screw. The ground of course goes to the green screw. [/QUOTE]

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