red outlet in garage

Fatty

I have one 110 v outlet in my garage that is red, why?

zappa

It normally means that it's supplied by emergency power such as a generator. Or someone just happened to have a red one and thought it looked cool.

joed

In a house I go with second option. Or they worked in a hospital and took one home to use.

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micromind

Both the posts above are correct.

In a hospital, in patient care rooms, all switches and receptacles that are supplied by the life-safety system are required to be red. This is not in the NEC, it's a hospital certification requirement.

A lot of commercial/industrial buildings I work on use red for switches and receptacles that are supplied by a generator when utility power is out.

Rob

AllanJ

Is it wired in any unusual way, for example is not live unless an extension cord is pressed onto a set of prongs (male receptacle; inlet) in an outlet box somewhere else in the house?

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