On Dec 31, 7:06*pm, The Daring Dufas
wrote:
On 12/31/2011 5:11 PM, HeyBub wrote:









Art Todesco wrote:
Thanks for all the good discussion. *I was primarily curious what
everyone thought and I now have a good idea. *I will probably use the
pigtail/wire nut method as much as possible, when *I make the changes.
But, I probably won't go and do it wholesale, all at one time.
Actually, the other day I had to open 3 outlets for another reason. *I did
use the screws to daisy chain in 2 of 3 outlets. *The 3rd, as I
had mentioned used the back stabs plus one pair of screws. * On this
one, the 3 wires were connected together with a wire nut and a 4th
wire stub to the outlet screw. *Yes, I guess I should have demanded
that the electrician do it "my way", however, the guy was kind of a
jerk and I didn't want to push the issue.

Trick: Are all your original outlets ground-plugs pointing in the same
direction? Either up or down? As you replace or improve on them, reverse the
orientation - if the ground plug was up, rotate the outlet so the ground
plug is down. Or vice-versa.

Then, as you progress with the project, you can tell immediately what needs
fixing.

Pay no attention to those who say God told them that a certain orientation
was righteous and the other sinful. Or that a Mayan monkey spoke to them in
a dream and relayed the straight skinny.

The engineers on The Army Core of Engineers job I was on wanted all
ground holes at the top of the receptacle for vertical installations
and the neutral at the top for horizontal receptacles. Obviously it
was to prevent fireworks or unintended enlightenment of someone if a
piece of metal fell on a partially inserted plug. I've seen some
European standard plugs that that have partially insulated blades to
prevent that sort of thing from happening. It's a bit odd looking to
see that huge European plug on a small lamp cord. o_O

TDD

When one of my friends had their home built all the outlets were
ground down. They had to be turned ground up so the little face didnt
frighten the kids.

Jimmie