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Terry Terry is offline
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Default Outlet position according to code.

On Sep 21, 3:47 pm, wrote:
Has anyone determined the correct way to mount an outlet according to
code these days? I dont have a current NEC book. For many years
everyone mounted them with the ground on the bottom. Then some years



If you look at most receptacles, the manufacturer's writing on the
outlet is right side up with the ground prong up.

I vote up.

We were required to put them "up" in Atlanta health care facilities.