Updated 8-24-06

Things to Remember 1
OEET 115

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Definitions
  1. Receptacle: A contact device installed at the outlet for the connection of an attachment plug.
  2. Yoke: The metal or polycarbonate mounting strap on which a wiring device or devices are attached. The yoke in turn is attached to a device box or device cover with No. 6-32 screws. One yoke may have one, two, or three wiring devices attached to it.
Rules
Boxes
  1. Receptacle outlets: At least 6 inches of wire from where wires enter the box.
  2. Receptacle outlets: At least 3 inches of wire from the front edge of the box (where the opening is less than 8 inches in any dimension).
  3. Must be securely mounted and fastened in place.
  4. Where conduit, electrical-metallic tubing, nonmetallic-sheathed cable, Type AC cable, or other cables are installed, a box or conduit body must be installed at each conductor splice connection point, outlet, switch point, junction point, or pull point.
Symbols, group 1
  1. Receptacle outlet, duplex
  2. Receptacle outlet, single
  3. Single-pole switch
  4. Three-way switch
  5. Ceiling lighting outlet
  6. Circuit breaker
  7. Disconnect switch, fused
  8. Range outlet
  9. Clothes dryer outlet
  10. Ground-fault circuit interrupter receptacle outlet
  11. Junction box--wall
Symbols, group 2
  1. Telephone outlet
  2. Telephone outlet--wall-mounted
  3. Telephone/data outlet
  4. Data outlet
  5. Door bell
  6. Door chime
  7. Fan, ceiling-suspended (paddle) with and without light
  8. Ground
  9. Thermostat--line-voltage
  10. Thermostat--low-voltage
 
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