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Default Electric outlets

On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 07:58:02 -0600, Terry Coombs
wrote:

On 11/28/2018 11:41 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 11/28/2018 02:49 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
Any place where it is done otherwise is because some mental midget
thought he was smarter than everyone else.


Or in the case of this mental midget, it all depends on how I stuffed
it into the box. I never gave it much thought.


* Well , Clare IS Canadian , has to have SOMETHING to feel superior
about . In my house , I installed the outlets pin up because I wanted
them that way . Only exceptions are a couple of dedicated outlets , one
for an AC unit and one for the fridge - because of the plug design on
their cords . I also have outlets every 6 feet plus or minus , he
probably thinks that's wrong too ...



Not at all Snaggles. It might be a bit excessive, but not wrong. If
I was building today there would likely be one roughly every 8 feet ,
definitely no more than 10 feet between outlets and there would be a
lot more 3 and 4 way switches (actually, more likely low voltage
remote switching, combined with wifi. It's all to do with convenience.
The fact that items like your fridge ans AC unit are designed in
anticipation of the ground doun orientation would re-enforce the
assumption that the ground down configuration was "normal"

We all know you are not "normal" but that doesn't mean you are wrong -
just different - odd - and it also appears you are a CanukPhobiac.