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At the ends of the lines leading right and left are found a plus sign (+), meaning positive, also sometimes referred to as "hot", and a minus sign (−), meaning negative, also sometimes referred to as "neutral". The symbol connected to the dot (usually the symbol found to the right) denotes the polarity of the center/tip, whereas the symbol ...
English: A selection of NEMA receptacles, showing ground, neutral, and hot/line pins. Earth/ground is dark green, neutral is white, and hot/line is black. Typical modern North American uses for common receptacles are shown in purple. Sadly, this is not an exhaustive list.
These sockets and plugs are four prong (see receptacle chart above) grounding devices (hot–hot–neutral–ground) available in ratings from 15 to 60 A. The voltage rating is 250 V. Of the straight-blade NEMA 14 devices, only 14-50 and 14-30 are in common use and either may be used for home charging of electric vehicles .
5-20RA (Canada) or 5-20R (US) T-slot socket mounted with the earth hole up. The neutral connection is the wider T-shaped slot on the right. The NEMA 5-20 AP variant has blades perpendicular to each other. The receptacle has a T-slot for the neutral blade which accepts either 15 A parallel-blade plugs or 20 A plugs.
For power circuits, the color-coding uses the same colors as residential construction, and adds the additional wires used for three-phase systems. Black, Red and Blue are used for hot wires and White is used as the neutral wire in a 120/208 V circuit. Brown, Orange and Yellow are used as hot wires and gray is used as the neutral wire in a 277/ ...
A pole will be either a neutral [12] connection or a line [13] Neutral is usually very near to earth potential, usually being earthed either at the distribution board or at the substation. Line (also known as phase or hot, and commonly, but technically incorrectly, as live) carries the full supply voltage relative to the neutral (and to earth).
A major update was released in 2000 as AS/NZS 3112:2000, which mandated active and neutral insulated pins [14] on the plugs sold for use with these socket-outlets after 3 April 2005, which somewhat negates any 'advantage' of having the earth pin uppermost. The standard AS/NZS 3112:2004 introduced more stringent testing procedures to test for ...
The three conductors are usually coloured red, black, and white. The white serves as a common neutral, while the red and black each feed, separately, the top and bottom hot sides of the receptacle. Typically such receptacles are supplied from two circuit breakers in which the handles of two poles are tied together for a common trip.