On Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 8:06:29 AM UTC-5, rickman wrote:

And yet, he mentions he has never seen a reverse linear taper.

Back when I was a journeyman electrician, and therefore was privileged to haze the apprentices, I asked one to fetch me (amongst many other things) a combo-plate from the warehouse like this: https://cdn.gescan.com/media/catalog...ibv97532-2.jpg

And when he brought me this:

https://images.homedepot-static.com/...c5-64_1000.jpg

I sent him back, stating I needed the receptacle on the left.

He got as far as the door before he caught on. And it never happened to him again. Others got all the way to the counter at the warehouse.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA