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 peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Eichner > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 10:40 AM > > 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. ------------------------------------------- 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"
