-MIKE- wrote in :


It's a disposal that runs for a few seconds a few times a day.
It doesn't mean they should be scared out of doing an otherwise safe
installation simply because the nec found a reason to advise against
it.

An example. Wall plugs are now installed "upside-down" apparently
because of a new fear that a metal object could fall behind the plug
which isn't fully plugged in and short the hot/neutral. This doesn't
all of a sudden render all the plugs in my house unsafe, simple
because there are still people in the world who can't seem to plug in
their stuff all the way.


Some devices were designed to sit on the outlet and rely on gravity to
push them against the wall. The outlet expander/surge protector is an
example of this. With the device plugged in upside down, they're pulled
away from the wall, which creates the situation the upside down outlets
are trying to avoid.

I do enjoy a little irony now and then. ;-)

Puckdropper