[BC] Fused plugs - was Hot and grounded chassis

[Mark Humphrey]

On 8/12/06, Dave Riddle Eng. <enginr at iglou.com> wrote:
> The correct installation is ground-down. UNLESS it is known that the ground
> wire is non-existent, then it goes ground up.

In that case, how about using a two pin receptacle?

> As far as children poking things in a smiley-face socket, teach your kids
> not to do that or become Darwin-Award contestants.

Of course, we all know "our kids" would never do something so stupid,
but I'm not so sure about the neighbors'!

Anyway, in a search to find an answer to this nagging question, I did
a little Googling and found the perfect solution (and I don't think
it's a joke):

http://www.360electrical.com/

If that product proves hard to find, try this -- available at your
local Grainger's:

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/itemDetailsRender.shtml?xi=xi&ItemId=1611784965


Now, on to a bigger debate:  on an XLR connector, should pin 2 be
wired "hot", or pin 3?  I say 2, but I know some stubborn guys out
there that will go to their grave insisting it's 3....

Mark