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RE: humble Hubbell 5262

It's a very good duplex receptacle. It leans a little to the warm side of neutral, imo. Contact holding pressure is less than that found with the old stock Compact series 8200H (15 amp) or 8300H (20 amp) compact Hospital grade duplex receptacle. The 8200H/8300H are more neutral sounding imo.


Where as the actual contacts on the 5262 are rated for 20 amps the neutral contact behind the 15 amp face plate does not have the "T" slot configuration like the (edit) 5362. If you are anal about scratching the neutral blade on a high dollar 15 amp plug the 5262 will not scratch it up like the (Edit)5362 might/will.


See page 6 in link below. I believe this is what you bought.
HBL Extra Heavy Duty Industrial Series.
(Wide body)

Look at page 10 for the HBL Compact Extra Heavy Duty series duplex receptacle.

The old stock Compact Extra Heavy Duty, 8200H and 8300H hospital grade duplex receptacles, are getting hard to find anymore. Still lots of the wide body nickel plated 8200 and 8300 hospital grade duplex receptacles out there. IMO, they do not sound as good as the old stock compact HBL8200H/8300H receptacles.



Edits: 09/15/16

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