Upside down receptacle in Bedrooms

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

Originally Posted by jfarsetta

Russel,

Actually, on older 3-prong receptacles, there was a "top" indication.

Originally the ground plug was to be installed above the hot and neutral openings. The ides, back in the day of metallic covers, was that if the mounting screw fell out (with a 3-prong line cord plugged in), the plate would hit the ground, instead of shorting across the hot and neutral.

The designation disappeared years ago.

True.

Ground in the upper position always
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[Joe Farsetta]

Holy cow. This is a record. Joe and Joe have agreed on two things, on the same evening...

Happy Holidays to you and yours, Joe

[rmccullough]

Originally Posted by Marc D. Shunk

Yeah, when they're installed upside down, all the electrons run to the bottom. Thus, the reason for the open ground.

I found that Seimens has a plug to prevent those Electrons from flowing out. Or I have heard that you can plug in a LAVA Lamp and that will keep those darn Electrons in to.

[smcarthur]

You idiots. All this talk of electrons...Every electrician should know that all electrical equipment runs on smoke, and that releasing the smoke from any piece of electrical equipment will immediately cause it to cease operation. I should know, I've released more smoke in my career than Mt. St. Helens.