Hubbell twist-lock connectors

From: Robert Schaefer <rschaefe_at_gcfn.org>
Date: Wed Feb 13 18:07:59 2002

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tothwolf" <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 06:26 PM
Subject: RE: Hubbell twist-lock connectors


> On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Mike Ford wrote:
>
> > Could be ground issues, I use hospital grade AC cords and they have a
> > funny link in the ground wire as well and clear plastic so I can see
> > its status.
>
> Hospital grade receptacles will almost always have a green dot on their
> face somewhere. Many of the receptacles will also be red in color. You'll
> also often see isolated ground receptacles in hospital applications, and
> those are always bright orange.

s/almost// The green dot is part of what makes it `Hospital Grade' (The
Code now specifies a Hospital Grade MC cable too-- can you guess the
difference between it and `regular' MC?) Red means a circuit on the Legally
Required Stand-by System (read `on the generator'). Isolated ground recpts
will have a green triangle on them, but are not necessarily orange in color,
all the ones in the upstairs of my house are white. If I tried to install
orange recpts anywhere but the basement/garage, my wife would have killed
me!

>
> -Toth

Bob
Received on Wed Feb 13 2002 - 18:07:59 GMT