Toller wrote:

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A friend of mine told me the proper way to install an electrical
outlet for the standard home is to position the round ground connector
in the upward position. Has anyone else heard of this? I have never
seen an outlet positioned this way in my life.



As you observed, nearly all are ground down.
Some say that is wrong because things falling down will hit the hot/neutral
rather than just the neutral.


And I believe the things they felt most likely to fall down that way
would be metal outlet cover plates, if the screw vibrated out, or maybe
got lost by a painter who'd removed the plate and then just placed it
back over the outlet.

Jeff
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