[Shop-talk] 110vac outlet question

[Mark Watson]

Karl,

I like your logic.  It is certainly more straightforward than the twisted 
chain of logic I came up with:  I remember "Wide White" to remember which 
wire goes to which blade.  How do I remember that the white wire is the 
neutral wire?  Well, if you're looking into a dimly lit electrical box which 
wire would be hardest to see?  The black one.  Which wire is the dangerous 
one?  The black one!  Sounds like some kind of plot to at least shock if not 
kill non-electricians to keep them from putting their un-trained hands in 
there!

Mark Watson
(I'm an Electrical Engineer but I work mostly on electronics - anything over 
15V D.C. is high voltage)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek at ameritech.net>
To: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>; "'Shop Talk'" 
<shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] 110vac outlet question


> Don't know that this is the actual reason, but think about the danger of 
> little kids sticking things into receptacles.  The hot is smaller and thus 
> harder to stick something in and get a shock.
>
> Elegant reasoning, huh ??   ;-)
>
>> In fact I can never remember which blade is which
>
>> Randall
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