Friends just had whole house renovated/rebuilt. New everything!
Noticed that all the 115 volt outlets are a different pattern.
With the ground uppermost the right duplex socket is 'T' shaped.
(That's the live pin?)
This is in eastern Canada.
Is this a new standard? Although i've seen those plugs with one pin at
right angles to the other, years ago!
Also noticed that outlet near sinks etc. are not the GFI type.
That either means that one further upstream in the string is or that
the circuit breaker panel has GFI type breakers?
Any comments?

Those outlets are rated 20 amp, and yes, the outlets by the sinks are
probably protected upstream


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Friends just had whole house renovated/rebuilt. New everything!
Noticed that all the 115 volt outlets are a different pattern.
With the ground uppermost the right duplex socket is 'T' shaped.
(That's the live pin?)
This is in eastern Canada.
Is this a new standard? Although i've seen those plugs with one pin at
right angles to the other, years ago!
Also noticed that outlet near sinks etc. are not the GFI type.
That either means that one further upstream in the string is or that
the circuit breaker panel has GFI type breakers?
Any comments?

"terry" wrote in news:1159684149.088414.171290
@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

Friends just had whole house renovated/rebuilt. New everything!
Noticed that all the 115 volt outlets are a different pattern.
With the ground uppermost the right duplex socket is 'T' shaped.
(That's the live pin?)
This is in eastern Canada.
Is this a new standard? Although i've seen those plugs with one pin at
right angles to the other, years ago!
Also noticed that outlet near sinks etc. are not the GFI type.
That either means that one further upstream in the string is or that
the circuit breaker panel has GFI type breakers?
Any comments?


Not familiar with Canada but in the US, those are 20A outlets. Certain
devices that use more or close to 15A by themself will have a matching
male plug that will not go into a std 15A outlet.

What you should check is that the breaker for those outlets is a 20A
breaker and the wire from the breaker to the outlets is 12/2.

Worst case would be 20A duplexes, 20A breaker and 14/2 wire. Fire hazard

I used them through my whole house, and I think alot of high quality
new construction is going this way. the wire costs more than the price
difference in the breakers or outlets.

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terry wrote:
Friends just had whole house renovated/rebuilt. New everything!
Noticed that all the 115 volt outlets are a different pattern.
With the ground uppermost the right duplex socket is 'T' shaped.
(That's the live pin?)
This is in eastern Canada.
Is this a new standard? Although i've seen those plugs with one pin at
right angles to the other, years ago!
Also noticed that outlet near sinks etc. are not the GFI type.
That either means that one further upstream in the string is or that
the circuit breaker panel has GFI type breakers?
Any comments?

Some receptables and switches dont readily accept 12 gaufe wire,
allowing ONLY wrap around screw......

so they may be moving to 20 amp receptables to save electricians time,
figuring their time costs more than the upgraded outlets, and besides
its a nifty sales advantage