On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:16:42 -0400, "RBM" rbm2(remove
wrote:

I think you have to many "what if's" to make it practical


That could be true if installing a receptacle ground-up was any harder
than installing it ground-down. Since there isn't any difference
there, even a very small difference in risk makes it worthwhile.


"Mark Lloyd" wrote in message
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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:02:12 -0400, "RBM" rbm2(remove
wrote:

Isn't that why God created circuit breakers?


There's still a spark, and sometimes a receptacle will be close to a
leaking gas heater.




"Steve Barker LT" wrote in message
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I'll bet you could, on purpose, dump a whole box of paperclips right
down
the wall, and none would land on the prongs. And if the cord was
plugged
in properly, the prongs won't be exposed anyway.

s


"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
...
Code does not care. Seems to be getting more and more the accepted
practice to have them ground up, especially in offices where a paper
clip
could fall onto the prongs. I don't know if there are any documented
cases of a paper clip falling onto prongs though.



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