[Dimarc67]

Thanks very much! A colleague of mine who passed the NEC a number of years ago (strictly for the fun of it) suggested I wire the outlet with one black lead for "hot" and a tail to the box for neutral. He said that pigtailing to the blue for neutral caused something he called "shunting".

His solution sounds kind of fishy to me, but it also sounds about right by New York City "standards". Am I making sense, or should I stick to what I know?

Thanks again for your help.

Dimarc67