[ARC5] 125 VAC Line? Make Your BA's Happy,

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

I would opine that the "safest" orientation would be with the "ground" 
pin pointed to the left.  That would put the "ground" and neutral at 
the highest positions to intercept any falling metallic object. 
 
Second safest would be ground pin up. 
 
Third and fourth least safe would probably be a tie between "ground" 
pin pointed right or "standard" orientation with "ground" pin down. 
Choose between object shorting between hot and neutral or hot and 
"ground."
 
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF, Ret'd 61-81 * 
** FAA, Ret'd 94-10 * 
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> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:09:06 +1300
> From: neilb0627 at gmail.com
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] 125 VAC Line? Make Your BA's Happy,
> 
> As an afterthought to my piece about the insulated pins, sockets here
> are *always* mounted with the live (Active) pin and its Neutral partner
> mounted uppermost. The Earth pin is therefore always downmost and
> is longer so that it enters first and leaves last. If you can get the Earth
> pin entered on the correct angle, the other two will follow.
> 
> Back at the fuse box, Neutral is connected to Earth and then they
> connect to a metal rod driven deep into the soil outside the building.
> Everyone knows that the Active wire is the dangerous one - if you
> touch it, there may be enough capacitance to ground (the real earth)
> to deliver a severe shock.
> 
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
 		 	   		  
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