Ralph Mowery wrote:
What idiot wrote this ? They refer to the left and right side of
recepticals as being the hot and neutral. In some houses they could be
reversed, and even in the same house the left and right could be reversed.
There is no standard on the way the recepticals are mounted in the wall.


wrote in message
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this website shows how the untrained homeowner can test resepticles in
his house

works for every kind.

http://thedomesticelectrician.webs.com



Yes the outlet can be mounted with ground pin down, which seems to be
most common, or turned 180 deg with ground pin up. Or the outlet can be
mounted horizontally as well. Is it as looking at the front or from the
back? So saying right or left slot is too ambiguous.

I prefer to reference them as small slot = hot and larger slot =
neutral, but then some very old un-polarized outlets the slots are both
the same size (small).

The web site could use some pictures or diagrams.
Kevin