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Offline Meatwad

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Do you ever notice
« on: September 07, 2014, 05:04:13 PM »
The power adapters look like they have faces


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Re: Do you ever notice
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2014, 05:11:53 PM »
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Re: Do you ever notice
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2014, 06:25:47 PM »
That is how the taught electricians to remember which way to install them at trade school. Code says that the ground prong must be on the bottom because as it is longer than the other prongs with it on the bottom it would be the last prong out of the outlet and so maintain the ground connection past the other connections.

Another is a light switch. They are installed to flip up for on and down for off. If you install it upside down the switch says "NO" instead of "ON".
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Re: Do you ever notice
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Re: Do you ever notice
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2014, 06:51:39 PM »
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Re: Do you ever notice
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2014, 07:16:20 PM »
Quote from: The Fugitive on September 07, 2014, 06:25:47 PM
That is how the taught electricians to remember which way to install them at trade school. Code says that the ground prong must be on the bottom because as it is longer than the other prongs with it on the bottom it would be the last prong out of the outlet and so maintain the ground connection past the other connections.

Another is a light switch. They are installed to flip up for on and down for off. If you install it upside down the switch says "NO" instead of "ON".

There is actually two "ground" prongs just they terminate in different places.
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Re: Do you ever notice
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2014, 07:38:25 PM »
Quote from: Meatwad on September 07, 2014, 05:04:13 PM
The power adapters look like they have faces

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Re: Do you ever notice
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2014, 09:30:27 PM »
Quote from: olds442 on September 07, 2014, 07:16:20 PM
There is actually two "ground" prongs just they terminate in different places.

There is a "Hot", "Ground" and a "Neutral". If you should mix up the ground and neutral an inspector will fail your job and fine you.

There is only one ground.
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Re: Do you ever notice
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2014, 10:37:21 PM »
Their are a lot who think the neutral ( or white shield covered wire on romex ) is the ground, but that is incorrect as Fugi posted...also some electrical devices will not work if they have the polarity reversed as well... Electrical inspector will fail an electrical inspection for this as well...

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Re: Do you ever notice
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2014, 10:42:17 PM »
Quote from: The Fugitive on September 07, 2014, 09:30:27 PM
There is a "Hot", "Ground" and a "Neutral". If you should mix up the ground and neutral an inspector will fail your job and fine you.

There is only one ground.
Point is ground and neutral and have the same voltage, of 0 relative to hot. Ground doesn't source/sink any current while the neutral does.
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