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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
...@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
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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
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
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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
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
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
, 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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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