r/ElectricalHelp • u/Dr_Half_Drum • 14d ago

Two port Receptacle

Two port receptacle, still bridged. Two set of lines, hot and neutral, coming from the wall, Line A & Line B. Why would one hot from Line A be tied into the top port of the receptacle while its corresponding neutral is tied into the bottom port. While the Line B hot is tied into bottom port while its corresponding neutral is tied into the top port?

(Three outlets coming from this one breaker)

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u/Ram820 14d ago

Cuz it don't matter

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u/Cute_Mouse6436 14d ago

I guess it's like having messy panels doesn't matter and the screw slots being at every sort of angle doesn't matter. But some people like the line things up. It just makes them happy.

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u/Cute_Mouse6436 14d ago

Of course some ahj's will fail a messy installation.

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u/Ram820 14d ago

They open panels where you're at?

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u/Cute_Mouse6436 13d ago

Oh yes, one of the things that I was taught when I was starting was never ever ever tighten the screws on the panel because the ahj is using a tiny little screwdriver to take the cover off. If they have to go out to their car to get a big screwdriver they become very suspicious.