On 09/30/2016 03:14 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
TomR posted for all of us...


A friend of mine asked me today why the electrical outlets in my house were
"upside down". They are positioned with the ground pin hole at the top and
the two slots of the outlet on the bottom. I agree that, to me, they "look"
like they are upside down, and I think they would "look" better with the
ground pin hole on the bottom. But, my belief is that the National
Electrical Code (NEC) is silent on this question and that there is no right
or wrong orientation for electrical outlets.

My friend said that he has had code enforcement officials tell him that
electrical outlets with the ground pin hole on top were "upside down" and
that they needed to be reversed to be with the ground pin on the bottom to
pass the electrical inspection.

Is there anything in the NEC that says that one way is "upside down" and the
other way is the "correct" orientation?
Let us NOT go through this again, especially as this was brought up just
last week. DAGS


Yah, so much drama. After the inspection, switch them to any position you like.

I guarantee it's faster to reorient the receptacles than to fight a bunch of brainless bureaucrats at city hall.