[BC] Fused plugs - was Hot and grounded chassis

[Gary Zocolo]

This is why I have become fond of buying right angle replacement plugs. The
ones I have been getting have an 8 position option so you can have the cord
depart the plug in any of 8 directions.

I use these in build outs too when utilizing a plugstrip. A stiff power cord
sticking straight out of a wall is asking to be knocked out.

Gary Zocolo CE
Cumulus/Nashville
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk Harnack" <kirk at harnack.com>
To: "'Broadcasters' Mailing List'" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 8:29 PM
Subject: RE: [BC] Fused plugs - was Hot and grounded chassis


> Kevin Tekel wrote:
> > All the night-lights and air fresheners that I have ever used
> > have a two-pin non-polarized plug, allowing them to be used
> > in an "upside-down"
> > outlet.  Many also have a 90-degree swivel on the plug, so
> > they can be used in a sideways outlet, too.
>
> Well, obviously I'm buying the wrong night lights and air fresheners.  I
can
> show you a half dozen of them that are oriented properly when the outlet
is
> installed with the ground pin down (putting the HOT side on the upper
> right).
>
> What about all those 90-degree power cords that hang upside down when the
AC
> outlet is installed "properly"?  Every washing machine I've ever installed
> has the power cord leaving "up", putting maximum pull on the plug (when
the
> outlet is installed "properly".
>
> You'd *think* we could arrive at a standard for something as simple as
this!
>
> Kirk
>
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