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

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

Not correct in USA and Canada, Neil. 
 
Looking at "normal" wall socket: 
 
NEUT  HOT
|
|......|
|......|
|......|
|
 
....O... 
 
...GND...
 
Turn it counter/anti-clockwise so that the ground/earth 
is on right and the hot would be on top!
 
BAD, BAD, BAD! 
 
 
* * * * * * * * * * * 
* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF, Ret'd 61-81 * 
** FAA, Ret'd 94-10 * 
* * * * * * * * * * * 
 
 

 
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 08:40:26 +1300
> From: neilb0627 at gmail.com
> To: k2gkk at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] 125 VAC Line? Make Your BA's Happy,
> CC: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> 
> Good points, except that positioning Earth (what you call ground)
> to the right would be safest, since the Active pin is on the right
> as you look at the pins end on.
> 
> I don't know why the sockets are oriented as they are, except that it
> was apparently decided by 1937 according to this, which also shows
> pictures of the Australian-NZ-Pacific Islands plug and socket.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Australasian_standard_AS.2FNZS_3112_.28Type_I.29
> 
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
> 
> 
> On 1/19/16, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 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."
> >
> > * * * * * * * * * * *
> > * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
> > * (Since 30 Nov 53) *
> > * Oklahoma City, OK *
> > * USAF, Ret'd 61-81 *
> > ** FAA, Ret'd 94-10 *
> > * * * * * * * * * * *
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> 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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