I moved into a house built in the 1950s in the north eastern US and this outlet is on the back of the house but I can’t find anything like it searching online. If anyone knows what it is I’d greatly appreciate the enlightenment!

    • ylph@lemmy.world
      19·
      2 days ago

      It’s a Bell 548A jack to be more precise. It’s compatible with both 283B (the older square shape) and 505A (the later round shape) plugs

    • Godnroc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      87·
      3 days ago

      OH, that’s the name and not the current rating! Pick up there phone, it’s fucking Zeus!

    • TrapRag@lemmy.worldOP
      6·
      3 days ago

      Thank you, I’ve never seen older than the 6P4C, I love learning little tid bits of history like this!

      • Prairie_Madness@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 days ago

        Sure. Honestly I’ve never seen one in person. 4 wires is the norm for telephones and I figured it was too small to be high voltage so I guessed comms then researched it. Ended up being right luckily 😅

        Wonder if it actually still works

        • TrapRag@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          2 days ago

          Thats good question, I might have to go antiquing to find something to try it out with… although i suppose I’d have to pay to activate the line so maybe not.

          And yeah I ruled out power right away since theres no poka-yoke feature to prevent mixing up hot, neutral, and ground, but “four prong outlet” and reverse image searching weren’t getting me there.