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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
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From: Jim Eichner [mailto:jim.eich...@xantrex.com]
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 10:40 AM
To: 'EMC-PSTC - forum'
Subject: Nema 5-15R sockets
A couple of questions about our standard North American 120Vac socket:
1. Orientation: We have lots
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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
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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
, 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
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[mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Jim Eichner
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 1:40 PM
To: 'EMC-PSTC - forum'
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
.
Regards,
Jacob Z. Schanker, P.E.
65 Crandon Way
Rochester, NY 14618
Phone: 585 442 3909
Fax: 585 442 2182
j.schan...@ieee.org
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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
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
Eichner
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 12:40 AM
To: 'EMC-PSTC - forum'
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
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
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From: Jim Eichner jim.eich...@xantrex.com
To: 'EMC-PSTC - forum' emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 10:39 AM
Subject: Nema 5-15R sockets
A couple of questions about our standard North American 120Vac socket:
1. Orientation: We
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
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
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