Re: 15 amp sockets and code?

phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:53:17 +0000 (UTC) ranck@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> | Now the question.  Has the code changed in recent years
> | to disallow 15A (NEMA 5-15) outlets on 20A circuits, assuming

> It could be CYA.  Or it just could be a simple error by the writer
> of those instructions.

> The code has not changed with respect to the outlets.  You can use
> 15A style outlets on a circuit protected with a 20A breaker so long

Thanks for the very complete answer, Phil.  I have forwarded it
on to the guy who was asking me about it, and except for the 
restriction dealing with a single outlet on a circuit was pretty
much what I remembered.  I wonder how many 20A breakers are 
technically in violation on fixed appliance circuits out there?
Although, I guess a duplex outlet doesn't count, and I bet most
of them are duplex.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.