earth pin

Originally there was no convention as to the direction of the Earth pin.

However, the socket may not necessarily be installed with the earth pin at the top.

Earth pin may come loose and not provide a good earth protection.

The Chinese socket is normally mounted with the earth pin at the top.

A 15 amp power outlet is recognised by a wide earth pin.

The new standard has an earth pin and so has abolished this lead.

The live and neutral pins rotate to align to the earth pin.

The variants use a flattened earth pin, each at a different specified rotational position.

The earth pin also serves to operate the basic shutter mechanism used in many sockets.

The line pin is on the left when looking at a receptacle with the earth pin offset down.

The earth pin does not move.

For "Class I" during the earth test to prove continuity between earth pin and metal parts on the appliance.

However, many extension sockets will allow a plug to be inserted upside down, i.e. only the earth pin, defeating the shutter mechanism.

Early types were available fused in both poles, later types fused in the line only and provided an earth pin.

The active terminal of the Plug is the first pin from the Earth pin in a clockwise direction when viewed from the wiring side.

The longer earth pin ensures that the earth path is connected before the live pins, and remains connected after the live pins are removed.

My only mistakes in making the chassis was that I accidentally used a 16-amp IEC inlet socket (see the earth pin is horizontal!).

This mandated active and neutral insulated pins on the plugs used with these socket-outlets by 2005, which somewhat negates any 'advantage' of having the earth pin uppermost.

Alternatively, it will hold four HC 350 inserts and either an earth pin or two Han Q5/0 motor interface connector inserts.

The chassis of each item is grounded via the mains earth pin, and is also connected along a different pathway via the conductor of a shielded cable.

It is possible to determine the manufacture date of the adaptor by inspecting the 4 digit date code located near the earth pin on the rear of the device.

The pins of both round pin and rectangular pin plugs are arranged in a triangular fashion, the earth pin being the larger and longer pin at the apex.

An unearthed version of this plug with two angled power pins but no earthing pin is used with small double-insulated appliances, but the sockets always include an earth pin.

Unlike the standard BS 1363 plugs found in the UK, the earth pin is on a horizontal axis and the line and neutral pins on a vertical axis.

The French convention changed circa 2002 from nothing particular, to, if the earth pin was at the top then the line hole in the socket would be on the right looking at the socket.