User talk:Olawlor

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In the legend of image NEMA_simplified_pins.svg it says plug is mirror image. This is mostly true but not always. For instance the 5-20 receptacle accepts either a 5-15 plug with a straight vertical neutral blade or a 5-20 plug with a straight horizontal neutral blade but there is no plug with a T shaped neutral blade matching the receptacle's neutral opening. Maybe change it to plug is generally the mirror image. --108.162.178.172 18:48, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

In your NEMA_simplified_pins.svg the 10-30 and 10-50 receptacles should be in the 120/240VAC category as the 10 series provides 120V between the neutral and either of the hot connections, from the 240V across the hot connections.

Hi, I have some suggestions for your NEMA_simplified_pins.svg for the common usages. The 14-50 and 14-60 are also widely used by Recreational Vehicles (RV's). The 10-30 is in very old installations for clothes dryers. The 6-15 is used for (uncommon in the US) 240v window air conditioners. I have a possible new .svg file to offer.

 P41 (User talk:P41) 05:24, 10 Oct 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.167.218.117 (talk) 05:24, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Good suggestions, thank you! I also added the common use of NEMA 14-50 for electric vehicles (EVs). I didn't add the note about the old use of 10-30 for dryers since the diagram is already too busy, but you might add a note in the NEMA wikipedia page. Olawlor (talk) 08:06, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Hey there, just a friendly heads up that it appears you introduced an error into the latest revision of this SVG: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NEMA_simplified_pins.svg Appreciate the reorientation, and I'm not an expert at SVG but know that it's not rending properly using Google Chrome on MS Windows 10. Thanks for your contributions. -matt 06:11, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  Fixed April 20 2020 by uploading a "Plain SVG", thank you!
       Olawlor (talk) 18:23, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Your vectors are awsome. 76.117.247.55 18:04, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

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• Image:NEMA simplified pins.svg was uncategorized on 25 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:29, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

File:CMOS AND.svg

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Crystallizedcarbon (talk) 18:40, 31 May 2017 (UTC)