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I just installed a nema 6-50r but its a little too close to a timer box above it hence making it so when I plug in an extension cord the butt of the cord hits the timer box. My question is do they make an adapter or extension cord that has the ground at the bottom so when I plug it into this receptacle the cord flows down and not up?
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
I just installed a nema 6-50r but its a little too close to a timer box above it hence making it so when I plug in an extension cord the butt of the cord hits the timer box. My question is do they make an adapter or extension cord that has the ground at the bottom so when I plug it into this receptacle the cord flows down and not up?
Reply:I suppose I could do that. The plug would be upside down but the cord would connect flowing downward. Is it common to have the plug installed upside down?
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
I suppose I could do that. The plug would be upside down but the cord would connect flowing downward. Is it common to have the plug installed upside down?
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
I suppose I could do that. The plug would be upside down but the cord would connect flowing downward. Is it common to have the plug installed upside down?
Reply:Normally for new work I start with something like this... or deeper.
Then get one of these...
And slap one of these behind it...
There are a few other different varieties that limit what you can do with them but usually you could refit an extender ring if you started with a different style box.
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Originally Posted by Oscar
What you think is "upside down" is actually right-side up for 6-50R. You're relating to a standard 120V outlet where it usually has the ground prong on the bottom and mistakenly thinking that all receptacles also have to be that way.
Reply:IF you can't rotate the receptacle. You can get a hubble or leviton angle plug that the pins can be turned on the plug housing and you can have the cord go in any direction. All molded plugs are the same with the ground pin at the "top"Or you can get a straight plug and it won't care.
Reply:There is no top or bottom otherwise it would be marked " top " or have a arrow pointing up I'm a retired electrician , this has been asked many times in code classes .
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Originally Posted by yooper
There is no top or bottom otherwise it would be marked " top " or have a arrow pointing up I'm a retired electrician , this has been asked many times in code classes .
Reply:Since the like/dislike button stopped, I don't even know who hates me. A lifelong conservative, I only seem to P O conservatives. I'd rather P O liberals. Now I only know how many agree/ disagree. I can't tell who, or what I said.An optimist is usually wrong, and when the unexpected happens is unprepared. A pessimist is usually right, when wrong, is delighted, and well prepared.
Reply:Code doesn't address which side up is correct. I have researched at length, point it where you prefer. I mount so the cord hangs.An optimist is usually wrong, and when the unexpected happens is unprepared. A pessimist is usually right, when wrong, is delighted, and well prepared.
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
I just installed a nema 6-50r but its a little too close to a timer box above . . .
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Originally Posted by Willie B
Code doesn't address which side up is correct. I have researched at length, point it where you prefer. I mount so the cord hangs.
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Originally Posted by flushcut
I had my shop wired this past December and the electrician said "they" changed the code to where the ground has to be up. I can't see it making a difference but there it is.
Reply:Use a box extension.
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Originally Posted by flushcut
I had my shop wired this past December and the electrician said "they" changed the code to where the ground has to be up. I can't see it making a difference but there it is.
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Originally Posted by Norcal01
Unless you have a local amendment, there is no such thing in the NEC, the code panels refuse to touch the issue of up/down, professional electrical forums lock threads where the issue is brought up, it boils down to personal preferences, or job specs, anyone who says that ground up is the correct way or ground down is the correct way is wrong, unless we are talking about 30/50A receptacles with right angle attachment plugs, then up is correct to make the cord hang down correctly.
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Originally Posted by ronsii
Normally for new work I start with something like this... or deeper.
Then get one of these...
And slap one of these behind it...
There are a few other different varieties that limit what you can do with them but usually you could refit an extender ring if you started with a different style box.
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Originally Posted by ronsii
Normally for new work I start with something like this... or deeper.
Then get one of these...
And slap one of these behind it...
There are a few other different varieties that limit what you can do with them but usually you could refit an extender ring if you started with a different style box.
Reply:I avoid boxes for #6 cable. I favor a surface mount receptacle where I don't sharply bend conductors. The NEC rules limit distance of terminal from back of the box. These require a very deep box to be other than impossible. I've been known to braze a box extension to a 2-3/16 deep box, that voids the UL listing. I am of the opinion that #6 or stiffer works better with surface mount receptacles. If you need bigger than #6, use a hardwire & disconnect. With the latest code you'd need GFCI protection for a receptacle. That'd be expensive!An optimist is usually wrong, and when the unexpected happens is unprepared. A pessimist is usually right, when wrong, is delighted, and well prepared.
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Originally Posted by ronsii
Yeah, although the different manufacturers don't help by printing things on them various ways
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发表于 2021-9-1 23:14:30