California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 5 - Electrical Safety Orders
Group 1 - Low-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders
Article 51 - Lighting Fixtures, Lampholders, Lamps and Receptacles
Section 2510.56 - Receptacles, Cord Connectors and Attachment Plugs (Caps)
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Attachment Plugs. All new or replacement 15- and 20-ampere attachment plugs and connectors shall be constructed so that there are no exposed current-carrying parts except the prongs, blades or pins. The cover for wire terminations shall be a part that is essential for the operation of an attachment plug or connector (dead-front construction). Attachment plugs shall be installed so that their prongs, blades, or pins are not energized unless inserted into an energized receptacle. No receptacles may be installed so as to require an energized attachment plug as its source of supply.
(b) Non-interchangeability. Receptacles, cord connectors and attachment plugs shall be constructed so that the receptacle or cord connectors will not accept an attachment plug with a different voltage or current rating than that for which the device is intended.
EXCEPTION: A 20-ampere T-slot receptacle or cord connector shall be permitted to accept a 15-ampere attachment plug of the same voltage rating.
1. Editorial correction filed 11-2-83 (Register 83, No. 45).
2. Editorial correction of Section heading filed 11-3-83 (Register 83, o. 45).
3. Amendment filed 8-27-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37.)
4. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 5-5-2008; operative 5-5-2008. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code 142.3(a)(3) (Register 2008, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
