Electrial straight blade devices, receptacles, house 120V type

[ksparks]

What is the minimum distance between the surface and the electrical contact for a domestic house receptacle?
What is to + - alowable for a producer of electrical receptacles?
Underlaying question is "could a plug be held away from the receptacle face .004" and not impose a violation of safety?"

 

[Daleyfish]

Check out Current Taps and Adapters -UL 498A
section 14 spacings.

 

[ccaserta]

I beleive it will depend on the countries you plan on shipping to. If your strictly North America Daleyfish is correct. If your talking about the EU refer to IEC 60320-1 and IEC 60320-2-2. Christopher Caserta
Sr. Regulatory Engineer
ccaserta@enorthhampton.com
Ph:904-225-0360
Fax:904-225-0340

 

[krishnakhandelwal]

where can i find the Ul standards UL 486A online. I need a download of the same.

 

[peebee]

Gotta bust out the credit card for that at

http://www.ul.com

 

[buzzp]

UL does not give anything away. UL makes you buy from global engineering documents. We made something similar and there was another UL standard, I think it is 247? It is an appliance standard. But ultimately will depend on application to determine which standard to use.