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2. Electrical wiring - Wikipedia

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   Electrical wiring is an electrical installation of ... simplifying the wiring installation and reducing the labour cost for installing new cables. ... Special outlet ...

3. Home wiring - Wikipedia

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   Homes typically have several kinds of home wiring, including electrical wiring for lighting and power distribution, permanently installed and portable appliances, telephone systems, heating or ventilation system control, and increasingly for home theatre and computer networks.

4. Electrical wiring in North America - Wikipedia

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   An outlet is defined by the NEC as "a point in the wiring system at which current is taken to utilization equipment". [1] This definition includes receptacles, lighting, motors, etc. Ordinary switches control but do not consume electricity, and therefore are not defined as outlets in this sense.

5. AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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   The National Electrical Contractors Association's National Electrical Installation Standards (NECA 130-2010) recommends that sockets be mounted with the ground hole up, such that an object falling on a partially inserted connector contacts the ground pin first. However, the inverted orientation (with ground pin downwards) is more commonly used.

6. Aluminum building wiring - Wikipedia

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   Electrical devices (outlets, switches, lighting, fans, etc.) at the time were not designed with the particular properties of the aluminum wire being used in mind, and there were some issues related to the properties of the wire itself, making the installations with aluminum wire much more susceptible to problems.

7. National Electrical Code - Wikipedia

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   The National Electrical Code (NEC), or NFPA 70, is a regionally adoptable standard for the safe installation of electrical wiring and equipment in the United States. It is part of the National Fire Code series published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a private trade association . [ 1 ]