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Default Electrical Outlets Upside Down? Code?

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On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:25:28 -0600,
(Neill
Massello) wrote:

FromTheRafters wrote:

Some equipment designed for hospitals and such might
have cords with right-angle plugs on the end which expect the
ground-up orientation.


And every *consumer* right-angle or wall-hugging plug I've ever seen
was designed for the ground pin on the bottom.


Lots of them are the other way. It seems to depend on whether they
think the appliance will mount above the plug.


I agree. I see them both ways.