RE: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-22 Thread Jim Eichner
copies of the original message. -Original Message- From: Robert Johnson [mailto:john...@itesafety.com] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:41 AM To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Nema 5-15R sockets In fact, soft copy of NEMA WD-6 from www.nema.org is free!! If only IEC ... Bob

RE: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-22 Thread Robert Johnson
...@xantrex.com; emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: RE: Nema 5-15R sockets Hello Jim, By now you have received many replies to your message. However, since your orientation question has been asked many, many times before in my neck of the woods, here is what I know regarding your two questions

RE: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-22 Thread Michael.Sundstrom
- From: ext Jim Eichner [mailto:jim.eich...@xantrex.com] Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 2:39 PM To: 'Art Michael'; 'EMC-PSTC - forum' Subject: RE: Nema 5-15R sockets Thanks for the reply Art. I was starting to convince myself that it was indeed local custom, not code, that determined

RE: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-22 Thread ron_wellman
Hello Jim, By now you have received many replies to your message. However, since your orientation question has been asked many, many times before in my neck of the woods, here is what I know regarding your two questions: 1) Not specified in the NEC or the CEC. However, receptacle orientation

RE: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-20 Thread Jim Eichner
] Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 2:22 PM To: Art Michael Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: Nema 5-15R sockets Art and JIm, One other thing to note: All of the flat (air conditioner type) heavy- duty cords and extensions I've seen that fit this type socket seem to be designed for use

Re: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-20 Thread Chuck Mullett
Greetings, Art---'tis been a long time! My home is in California, and it was built in 1991. When I moved in, I noticed that some of the outlets were ground up and some were ground down. Under the assumption that ground down was correct, I wanted to fix the rest of them, thinking that the

Re: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-20 Thread Lou Aiken
Orientation question I usually mount mine so the ground pin will be below the LN blades because most plugs using the side entry scheme for the cable have the entry point close to the ground pin, and I prefer my cable to hang down rather than stick up above the plug. On the side entry plugs the

RE: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-19 Thread Jim Eichner
, July 19, 2002 3:13 PM To: 'Jim Eichner' Subject: RE: Nema 5-15R sockets The NEC does not establish an orientation. Proposals to establish an orientation have been proposed to the code panel and rejected. See http://electrical-contractor.net/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000553.html for a discussion. You

Re: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-19 Thread Robert Johnson
The NEC does not establish an orientation. Proposals to establish an orientation have been proposed to the code panel and rejected. See http://electrical-contractor.net/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000553.html for a discussion. You will find ground up preferred by some to provide protection as mentioned by

Re: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-19 Thread Jacob Schanker
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.

Re: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-19 Thread Scott Lacey
Art and JIm, One other thing to note: All of the flat (air conditioner type) heavy- duty cords and extensions I've seen that fit this type socket seem to be designed for use with the ground pin at the bottom. Also, although there is some shock hazard from the partially retracted Hot lead with

RE: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-19 Thread Serge Bousquet
Hi Jim, While there are no references in the CEC and NEC with regards to installation orientation of Nema 5-15R outlets (they may also be mounted horizontally), it is a common practice to have the ground pin located in such a manner as to allow the use of an molded-on angle plug on extension

RE: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-19 Thread Peter Tarver
Jim - There are no orientation requirements in the NEC or CEC, except as required by product marking, such as for some GFCI receptacles. Dimension requirements are secret, donchaknow. Regards, Peter L. Tarver, PE Product Safety Manager Sanmina-SCI Homologation Services San Jose, CA

RE: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-19 Thread ooverton
to Jim Eichner jim.eichner%xantrex@interlock.lexmark.com To: 'Art Michael' amichael%connix@interlock.lexmark.com, 'EMC-PSTC - forum' emc-pstc%majordomo.ieee@interlock.lexmark.com cc:(bcc: Oscar Overton/Lex/Lexmark) Subject: RE: Nema 5-15R sockets Thanks for the reply Art

Re: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-19 Thread Dan Kwok
Hi Jim, I don't have the exact dimensions for the pins but I do have a couple of these receptacles on my desk. One is a Hubbell 8200 hospital grade receptacle. The other is a Pass Seymour 5242 spec grade unit. The markings on these units may provide some clues of the preferred orientation.

RE: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-19 Thread Jim Eichner
Michael [mailto:amich...@connix.com] Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 10:59 AM To: Jim Eichner Cc: 'EMC-PSTC - forum' Subject: Re: Nema 5-15R sockets Hello Jim, I don't believe the orientation of the U-ground pin is declared anyplace in the NEC. When I recently approached my local AHJ with this question

Re: Nema 5-15R sockets

2002-07-19 Thread Art Michael
Hello Jim, I don't believe the orientation of the U-ground pin is declared anyplace in the NEC. When I recently approached my local AHJ with this question he related that it is a matter of custom (locality dependent). In this area, central Connecticut, the custom is: For commercial/industrial