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Neutral and Hot Reversed on Receptacle

200.10 Identification of Terminals.

(A) Device Terminals. All devices, excluding panelboards, provided with terminals for the attachment of conductors and intended for connection to more than one side of the circuit shall have terminals properly marked for identification, unless the electrical connection of the terminal intended to be connected to the grounded conductor is clearly evident.

Exception: Terminal identification shall not be required for devices that have a normal current rating of over 30 amperes, other than polarized attachment plugs and polarized receptacles for attachment plugs as required in 200.10(B).

(B) Receptacles, Plugs, and Connectors. Receptacles, polarized attachment plugs, and cord connectors for plugs and polarized plugs shall have the terminal intended for connection to the grounded conductor identified as follows:

(1) Identification shall be by a metal or metal coating that is substantially white or silver in color or by the word“white” or the letter “W” located adjacent to the identified terminal.

If the terminal is not visible, the conductor entrance hole for the connection shall be colored white or marked with the word “white” or the letter “W.”
 
ICE said:
200.10 Identification of Terminals.
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That's not going to do it, unless the Hot/Neutral Reverse is due to mismarked terminals on the receptacle. That section only regulates markings on the device; it does not regulate how you land the conductors on the device.

Cheers, Wayne
 
wwhitney said:
That's not going to do it, unless the Hot/Neutral Reverse is due to mismarked terminals on the receptacle. That section only regulates markings on the device; it does not regulate how you land the conductors on the device.

Cheers, Wayne
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Alrighty then...point us in the right direction.
 
ICE said:
Alrighty then...point us in the right direction.
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I don't have anything better than 110.3(B): the receptacle installation instructions will surely tell you to land the grounded circuit conductor on the silver screw. If there's something more explicit in the NEC, I didn't find it during a brief perusal.

Cheers, Wayne
 
110.3 (B) Installation and use. Equipment that’s listed, labeled or both shall be installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling.

That would be the first electrician that ever read the installation instructions that comes with a receptacle.
 
wwhitney said:
That's not going to do it, unless the Hot/Neutral Reverse is due to mismarked terminals on the receptacle. That section only regulates markings on the device; it does not regulate how you land the conductors on the device.

Cheers, Wayne
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Correct. You beat me to it. Ice, you’re in the correct chapter though
 
ICE said:
110.3 (B) Installation and use. Equipment that’s listed, labeled or both shall be installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling.

That would be the first electrician that ever read the installation instructions that comes with a receptacle.
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There's a joke here about electrical installation being "plug and pray."
 
ICE said:
Well maybe if I were in Montana :cool:
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You would have to call the CO OP and let them know the crossed the wires during the installation of their equipment.
Happened twice in the same subdivision a couple of years back.

Poor electrician apprentice was getting chewed on until the journeyman finally got out of the truck and started actually overseeing the work being done. :oops:
 
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