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Originally Posted by Juliewaters (Post 1925496)

Hello. We just moved into the villages and noticed this round plate on the floor. I attached a pic. Does anyone know what this is for?
Thanks
Julie

It’s your electrical outlet

Electric outlet in case you want to put a chair or couch nearby. You can have a lamp on a table

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Originally Posted by thevillages2013 (Post 1926003)

The advice you have received already is good but just be careful when you take that plate off . Don’t assume there will be a correctly wired outlet under there. Proceed with caution

A very simple way to check. There is a plug device, sorry I don't know the proper name.
You will find it any any of the box stores at a cost of about $6.00. There are three neon bulbs in it and a chart on it. Depending on which bulbs light it will tell you if it wired correctly, properly grounded etc. It is not at all unusual to find someone replaced the outlet and connected it wrong or decided too much trouble to connect the ground. Also common on extension cords where people cut off the plug and replace it.

Davephan: DO YOU MAKE HOUSECALLS???? LOL!

:bigbow:

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Originally Posted by davephan (Post 1926007)

If the outlet doesn’t have a wall switch, or any other outlet, you can add a Luton Castra wireless outlet switch, and then you can easily add a wireless switch to the wall. You can also switch the lamps on and off with a remote control, or your cellphone.

I’m changing out about 20 switches in my home. Most of the switches are incandescent only dimmers. I’m changing them out with Lutron dimmers that are incandescent / fluorescent / LED dimmers, then changing out dozens of incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs. Those lights can switched from your cellphone or automated.

I also changed out four mechanical wall timers with Lutron switches that can be programmed with your cellphone to turn on and off outside lights at sunset and sunrise.

I also added motion detectors to the lights in closets, the laundry room, and bathrooms, and countdown timers to the bathroom fans. The motion detectors are built into the switches, or are separate wireless motion detectors that can be “paired” to the switches. Then the lights turn on and off automatically. The fans shut off automatically.

You can even program the lights to make it look like you are home from the outside of your home at night with the automation. There’s a lot of things you can do to improve your electrical system in an older home.

Electrical Outlet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juliewaters (Post 1925496)

Hello. We just moved into the villages and noticed this round plate on the floor. I attached a pic. Does anyone know what this is for?
Thanks
Julie

it’s an electrical outlet for a lamp or appliance in the middle of a room.

I believe if you pop that little plate there is an outlet under there.

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Originally Posted by Juliewaters (Post 1925496)

Hello. We just moved into the villages and noticed this round plate on the floor. I attached a pic. Does anyone know what this is for?
Thanks
Julie

Hi Julie,
I believe there is an outlet under it. It allows you to plug in the middle of the room without dragging a cord across the floor.