On Aug 28, 6:07*pm, "Steve Barker DLT"
wrote:
Ground down. *the other way looks stupid.
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"john" wrote in ...
Does the 2008 NEC specify which way to orient 3-prong outlets?
Should it be
ground on top
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...2/Electrical_o...
or
ground on bottom
http://images.jupiterimages.com/comm...4/23433400.jpg
?
The tradition seems to be ground on bottom, but I heard it is safer to
have ground on top so falling coins are less likely to short out a loosely
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But little kids dont think its a face. When my daughter was little the
only outlet in her room that she could see frightened her until I
turned it with the ground up.
Jimmie