On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:10:38 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:
john wrote:
Does the 2008 NEC specify which way to orient 3-prong outlets?
Should it be
ground on top
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...with_label.jpg
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 plugged in plug.
Get the recessed outlets, like they use for mounting clocks, then no matter
what slides down the walls - from pennies to drunk relatives - there will be
no hazard at all.
They don't keep kids fingers out.