Did you guys know this about outlets? I didn't!

[grsthegreat]

Really, can you paste the article stating this new requirenent.

as far as I know, this requirement was only applied to lighting ballast.

according to 404.2(c) as long as there is a neutral in the switch box, a white switch leg can still be recolored and used for a light.
it gets into a grey area though, and honestly I have been running 14/2/2 for many years to Eliminates any conflicts with inspectors. This also allows for easy circuit changes in future.

 

[k0ua]

Well the phrase I like is "The code was written with the blood of those who came before you." And it is largely true...until it isn't. The problem with all regulations is not how they start, it is how they never end.

The early stuff is always good as it covers the big issues - safety, environment, whatever the field. But eventually you get to the point where you have basically completed the mission. The air is now 99% clean. Electrical fires are down 95%, etc. BUT...They keep on making more regulations, and they start to make less and less sense as they are now going after issues that are so rare or minuscule that one could argue they really don't need regulating. But the organiztion still exists and a lot of people rely on that for their livelihood, so they keep on going, making more rules. How many lives are getting saved with tamper resistant outlets, for example? Vs how many times you try to plug something in and the dang TR outlet won't let the plug in. Did we really need this requirement in the code? That is a point of debate, but yet they just keep adding more and more things like that all the time because their very existence depends on it.

A bit of thread drift, I suppose... My 2 centums

Your two cents are RIGHT on target. You just described the problem with most all governmental regulations and entities.

 

[GeneV]

Road to hell is paved with good intentions.

 

[MossRoad]

I've never been on the road to hell. Thanks for the info.




Just kidding. I might not have been on the road to hell, but I sure was driving around its suburbs.

 

[bcp]

Road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The road is Interstate 10, but Hell was bypassed by the freeway. No outlet there.

Bruce

 

[grsthegreat]

Go read about hell, calif on wiki. There are some funny quotes listed there about things that happened in hell

 

[GeneV]

Ha, driving around it's suburbs, I like that.

There's only 2 possible reasons to name a town Hell. 1) It's absolutely sux. 2) It's absolutely awesome, and you don't want outsiders wrecking it.

 

[GeneV]

The road is Interstate 10, but Hell was bypassed by the freeway. No outlet there.

But if there was an outlet there...which way would the ground plug go, up or down?

 

[WranglerX]

But if there was an outlet there...which way would the ground plug go, up or down?

It would be mounted sideways with ground to the right.... With metal cover plate and neutral down....

 

[MossRoad]