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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Marsh View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Marsh View Post
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    Is this real? If so, I know a lot of plug issues it would solve (such as two wall warts).
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    I think this thread should be shut down. It is waay too polarizing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick Potter View Post
    I think this thread should be shut down. It is waay too polarizing.
    But such discourse is electrifying!
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    I would be shocked if the moderators tripped the breaker on this well grounded thread.
    NOW you tell me...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Marsh View Post
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    I got sick looking at that receptacle. I think I need to go to the hospital!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Hintz View Post
    Is this real? If so, I know a lot of plug issues it would solve (such as two wall warts).
    No that one I photoshopped, but I have seen some square receptacle devices with several options in various orientations. But I have installed a couple hundred of these USB charger receptacles around the college campus where I work, and people really seem to love them. Most of the charging cables these days utilize wall warts with USB ports, so these will eliminate the needs for the wall warts altogether.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Marsh View Post
    No that one I photoshopped, but I have seen some square receptacle devices with several options in various orientations. But I have installed a couple hundred of these USB charger receptacles around the college campus where I work, and people really seem to love them. Most of the charging cables these days utilize wall warts with USB ports, so these will eliminate the needs for the wall warts altogether.

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    I have a few of the Lutron ones with a socket on the bottom and two USB sockets on the top.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Hintz View Post
    I have a few of the Lutron ones with a socket on the bottom and two USB sockets on the top.
    Yeah, I like the idea of these things. I'll be replacing a bunch around my house with these also. I'm sort of a gadget freak, my house is full of X-10 and Insteon devices, and it seems like about everything is WiFi capable these days. I really love my Honeywell WiFi thermostat. All of this stuff makes me think of that old Ma and Pa Kettle episode with the ultra modern house that they moved into.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ole Anderson View Post
    I would be shocked if the moderators tripped the breaker on this well grounded thread.
    Watt are you talking about? Needless to say that Volts around here dream up all kinds of Amps to talk about. I think we should plug this one up and call it powered.
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    Okay, Dennis, I have to admit that was a joule to read and pretty clever.
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    An electrician once told me that years ago (before the ground lug) the National Electric Code called for the NEUTRAL wire to always be on the RIGHT side of the outlet. With that requirement in mind, the ground lug has to be at the top.

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    This made me pull out some of my outlets to check where the screws were but found them terminal.

    I wasn't going to add anything but this thread was energized; I couldn't let it go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by James P Stewart View Post
    An electrician once told me that years ago (before the ground lug) the National Electric Code called for the NEUTRAL wire to always be on the RIGHT side of the outlet. With that requirement in mind, the ground lug has to be at the top.
    As far as I can tell, the NEC has never specified location of ground, neutral, or live lugs... sounds like an electrician's wive's tale that just keeps getting passed down from generation to generation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Stenzel View Post
    This made me pull out some of my outlets to check where the screws were but found them terminal.

    I wasn't going to add anything but this thread was energized; I couldn't let it go.

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    You found dead terminals?! Shocking!
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