Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025 Get it now!

I just got my 1800 assembled and found no ground pin [green wire] at the 1800 power receptacle. There are only two blades [hot, black wire & neutral, white wire] but no green wire safety ground connection. For a product with exposed metalic surfaces intended to be used in snow [and where there is snow there is water] I find really unacceptable. How much more could it have cost to put in a proper 3 prong male power receptacle?

There is confusion for many about the differance between the white wire [neutral] and the green wire [safety ground]. The neutral carries all the product return current while the green wire only carries current if there is a fault as it just sits there waiting to save your life. The most serious fault is an internal short of hot wire [black] to product chassis. this can easily be lethal. The green wire would carry this connection to ground and pop the source breaker. Without a green wire connection this important protection is missing. These days there is almost no product made with only a two wire connection. Except of course the Toro 1800. Being an electronics engineer I am truly shocked [no pun intended] about this. It may not even be legal.

I plan to keep the 1800 but something tells me I should return it as an unsafe product.

As an aside.. All outdoor extension cords have a three wire plug. Most won't fit into the two prong male receptacle on the 1800 unless you modify the female end fitting on the power cord which creates yet more safety issues.

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