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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:49:11 GMT, (Doug Miller)
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In article , Mark Lloyd wrote:

The receptacle for my dryer (probably original installation when house
was built, around 1969) has the ground down. The plug on the dryer
(new last year) is positioned for a ground-up receptacle, so it has to
be plugged in with the cord going up instead of down.


Something stopping you from flipping the recep upside down?


Probably not. I just hadn't thought of that.
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