Mildly OT: NEMA plug guide for dummies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_
%26_multiphase_power_plugs_%26_s
ockets

	How's that?

	-Scott

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Scott Berkman CCNP
404-975-0097
Network Engineer
scott.berkmanreignmaker.net 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanogmerit.edu [mailto:owner-nanogmerit.edu] On Behalf Of
Olsen, Jason
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:46 AM
To: nanogmerit.edu
Subject: Mildly OT: NEMA plug guide for dummies


So I have a large amount of 802.3af gear going out to sites
for new
installs and upgrades, which means a lot of new electrical
service is
being pulled into closets.  Despite my best efforts it seems
the
standard IT-Facilities miscommunications are occuring with
the building
folks at these sites, the wiring is being done wrong and
I'm left to
clean up the mess.  What's vexed me the most about this is
that many of
our "remote hands" have no electrical experience
at all so they're
completely unable to determine the types of plugs and
receptacles
they're dealing with.  I'm left with descriptions that
are, I kid you
not, as helpful as "the twisty plug with the bent
part."  If somebody
can't tell me if the receptacle is L6-15 or L5-15 I'm
going to have a
very difficult time sorting this all out and getting the
appropriate
wiring (re)done.

So I'm wondering, has anybody found a good online resource
(or a printed
resource I can go pick up somewhere) that has illustrations
of the
different plugs and receptacles found in the wild?  It would
help me
greatly if I could just point somebody to a PDF online
somewhere and say
"Go to this website, find the receptacle that looks
like what has been
installed in your switch closet and read the number back to
me."  I
found one at GeneratorJoe.net and while it'll do in a
pinch, it's sorta
low-quality and I'd like something better.

Off-list replies welcomed.

-Fer

Jason "Feren" Olsen      Senior Network Engineer
    DeVry, Inc
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