Doug Miller wrote:
In article , Mikepier wrote:
Hence the outlet is installed upside down.

So your saying every one of these images is showing the outlet upside
down?


http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...20outlet s&um
=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Think about it... those pictures show the outlets in the only orientation in
which they will stand up to be photographed without falling over. They don't
show them *installed*. And if the outlet is installed such that the 90-degree
offset plug forces the cord to go the wrong direction, then the outlet was
installed upside down.

The design dates from when outlets were mounted at floor level, often as
retrofits to older houses that had electricity (or electric stoves)
added. IIRC, until mid-20th century, electric stoves were not that
common, and most houses only had 60 amp service. Coming up through
kitchen floor was the most painless way to route the cable. Appliance
pigtails didn't have 90-degree ends in the old days- they had an
assembled plug on the end, straight in, and the cord coiled under the
appliance, or in a little niche in the back made for that. Almost all
the old brown bakelite range outlets I have ever seen were right at
floor level.

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