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marcosdumay
on Dec 19, 2023
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My cat water fountain comes with a spicy USB power...
Yeah, the wiring code says the 220V outlets on 110V areas must be red. Marking is optional.
But I've actually have never seen a red one.
FireBeyond
on Dec 19, 2023
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That's odd, because in a lot of contexts (hospitals, EMS, etc.), red outlets are used to denote outlets that are connected to battery/UPS, i.e. critical loads, versus the regular, which can be 'sacrificed' in an outage.
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But I've actually have never seen a red one.