http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_%26_multiphase_power_plugs_%26_s ockets How's that? -Scott ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Scott Berkman CCNP 404-975-0097 Network Engineer scott.berkman@reignmaker.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Olsen, Jason Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:46 AM To: nanog@merit.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 Em: jolsen@devry.com Ph: 630-645-1607 One Tower Lane INOC-DBA: 19258*526 Fx: 630-389-2929 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181