Jim: I also could not find anything when I researched this a few years ago.
However, I took a look at a GFI duplex outlet in my home. The words on the Test and Reset buttons are rightside up only when the ground pin is at the bottom. This is also how all outlets in my home are installed. Regards, Jacob Z. Schanker, P.E. 65 Crandon Way Rochester, NY 14618 Phone: 585 442 3909 Fax: 585 442 2182 j.schan...@ieee.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Eichner" <jim.eich...@xantrex.com> To: "'EMC-PSTC - forum'" <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 1:39 PM Subject: Nema 5-15R sockets | | A couple of questions about our standard North American 120Vac socket: | | 1. Orientation: We have lots of people in the office here on both sides of | this one, and I can't find a normative reference in the CEC or the NEC. | Which is the correct way "up" when installing a socket on a wall - ground | pin above the L and N blades, or L and N above the ground? What is the code | reference for this requirement, or is there none? | | 2. Dimensions: Can anybody share the spec's for the dimensions, with | tolerances, of the line, neutral, and ground blades for this configuration? | I'm sure it's in the UL and CSA standards but I don't want to spend hundreds | of $ for a one-time question. We have no on-going need for these standards! | | Thanks in advance for your help, | | Regards, | Jim Eichner, P.Eng. | Manager, Engineering Services | Xantrex Technology Inc. | Mobile Power | web: www.xantrex.com <http://www.xantrex.com> | Any opinions expressed are accidental. I have none. | | | Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is | for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential | and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or | distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please | contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original | message. | | | | ------------------------------------------- | This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety | Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. | | Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ | | To cancel your subscription, send mail to: | majord...@ieee.org | with the single line: | unsubscribe emc-pstc | | For help, send mail to the list administrators: | Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com | Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com | | For policy questions, send mail to: | Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org | Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org | | All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: | http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ | Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" | ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
