This is my understanding. If you are looking at the face of the plug, with the line and neutral pins pointing at you, and the hole for ground up, neutral should be on the left. As such, on the receptacle, with ground at the top, neutral should be on the right when looking at the front.
That being said, I would expect it to be highly likely that the receptacles are not wired consistently. Ted Eckert Microsoft Corporation The opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, LCIE or anybody who has actually wired a French outlet. From: John Woodgate <j...@woodjohn.uk> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:28 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Type F receptacle wiring The plug is not reversible in France and Belgium. Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only J M Woodgate and Associates www.woodjohn.uk<https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woodjohn.uk&data=02%7C01%7Cted.eckert%40microsoft.com%7C2cb6a8aac91d445fada408d698f376b9%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636864568775180819&sdata=jQd4EPi00Gmlgflm6t6luApDsIDIcM4NKNK0D4nicb8%3D&reserved=0> Rayleigh, Essex UK On 2019-02-22 18:13, John Allen wrote: Doug As I am sure that many others will confirm, that CEE 7 socket does NOT have any defined polarity for the Live/Line and Neutral contact tubes, and thus the Line/Live and Neutral wires to those contact tubes can & are connected either way around according to the “wim” of the installer – unlike N.America and the UK (for example) which do have defined polarities for some sockets . PS: researched this in detail about 20 yrs ago and I am quite sure that the situation has not changed since (as it had not changed in the decades before that). John E Allen W. London, UK From: Doug Powell [mailto:doug...@gmail.com] Sent: 22 February 2019 17:48 To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Subject: [PSES] Type F receptacle wiring All, I am searching for wiring information for the TYPE E CEE7/5, 250 Volt, 16 Amp receptacle for France and Belgium. The earth pin is obvious and for some reason, I am unable to find information on the correct pins for Line and Neutral. The receptacle has no makings to this effect. One resource even says the left/right orientation is interchangeable since neutral is considered as live. The best I can find indicates neutral is on the left when viewing the reception from the front. True? 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