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Sparked,

I have seen 'clock' outlets used behind a lighted hutch so that the furniture could go closer to the wall.

Bill

Paul,
Yes, we try to maintain the same coloring (colouring??) throughout.
This would be the CØ, for a 120V circuit.
Sparked,
The hook is the 6-32 screw (that sticks out at the bottom) in this pic.
Honest, I didn't flip the image...S


[This message has been edited by electure (edited 11-01-2003).]

Just wondered -- Thanks. In Britain a single-phase final branch circuit always has a red hot wire, no matter which phase it's derived from.

Yep, that would be accepted standard spelling here.

Uh, folks, I hate to spoil everyone’s fun here but I’m almost certain Joe’s original picture is of an NEC Class 1 Division 1 receptacle that takes a special cord cap to use. The point of the proprietary cord cap is that the served utilization equipment can also be used in an ordinary location—id est, inserted into a plain-vanilla NEMA 5-20 or 6-20 receptacle. {Ground-pin-location arguments by others...not me.}

See: www.crouse-hinds.com/CrouseHinds/pdf/2p-7grp.pdf

    




[This message has been edited by Bjarney (edited 11-02-2003).]

My favorite Chinese restaurant (looks like an old dingy diner) in Midtown (near Pennsylvania Station) has these pictures with little lights clamped on top of the frame.

Behind the canvases are clock receptacles so that the lamps can be neatly plugged in without having the plug bulge out into the frame.

The clock receptacles have to beREALLY OLD though. They are two-pin sockets!!

I've always seen the three-pin versions in existing buildings where the old electric clocks have been removed.

Not much use nowadays, considering that a lot of "office clocks" are now those cheap battery types you get from the discount/variety stores. Then just use the hook in the wall palte to hang the battery clock.

Bjarney,

Yeah it's a type that has latches on the HOUSING that latch into the flange around the socket when you stick it in and twist the metal housing a bit. It's kind of an interlock.

The twisting action powers the outlet on and off.

They're used in industrial environments. Explosion proof or something. Helps prevent sparks I guess?

Joe sent me a picture of two these animals plugged into a standard receptacle but I can't find it. Appleton makes them.

[This message has been edited by SvenNYC (edited 11-04-2003).]

Sven,

You sent it to me. I sent you back url to post it but maybe you didn't get my email?

Anyway, here it is: