On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 10:28:37 -0400, "TomR" wrote:

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bob haller typed:
On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 9:18:14 PM UTC-4, TomR wrote:
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?

homes in florida often have outlets in the same home orientated both
ways

ground pin down for always on, ground pin up for switched outlets

I wonder why that would be the criteria for ground pin up vs. down.

It is just done as a way to identify switched outlets. On a "half hot"
the bottom one is switched.