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Default 3 prong outlet, which way is up?

On Aug 28, 6:07*pm, "Steve Barker DLT"
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Ground down. *the other way looks stupid.

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I would have to guess the other way looks stupid because nearly
every one is installed the other way.

There are only two arguments that seem to make sense.

Ground up, does appear to have a slight safety advantage. Notice
I did say SLIGHT.

Ground up does not work well with all plugs (then again ground
down does not work well with some other plugs.)

I don't intend to loose sleep over it, but all my plugs that get
added or worked on are ground up.