Karl,
I like your logic. It is certainly more straightforward than the twisted
chain of logic I came up with: I remember "Wide White" to remember which
wire goes to which blade. How do I remember that the white wire is the
neutral wire? Well, if you're looking into a dimly lit electrical box which
wire would be hardest to see? The black one. Which wire is the dangerous
one? The black one! Sounds like some kind of plot to at least shock if not
kill non-electricians to keep them from putting their un-trained hands in
there!
Mark Watson
(I'm an Electrical Engineer but I work mostly on electronics - anything over
15V D.C. is high voltage)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
To: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; "'Shop Talk'"
<shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] 110vac outlet question
> Don't know that this is the actual reason, but think about the danger of
> little kids sticking things into receptacles. The hot is smaller and thus
> harder to stick something in and get a shock.
>
> Elegant reasoning, huh ?? ;-)
>
>> In fact I can never remember which blade is which
>
>> Randall
> _______________________________________________
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