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Posted by mm on April 17, 2007, 5:59 pm
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:18:50 -0400, gfretwell@aol.com wrote:
>wrote:
>
>>
>>>
>>> As you observed, nearly all are ground down.
>>> Some say that is wrong because things falling down will hit the
>>> hot/neutral rather than just the neutral.
>>> There is some sense to that, but ground up looks wrong to most people
>>> since it is not common.
>>> Neither is "proper". Probably best to do whatever the rest of your
>>> outlets are.
>>
>>Some appliances, like air conditioners, have plugs on the ends that will
>>hand better if the pin is up. They are designed that way as that is now
>>considered the proper way to orient the receptacles, at least in commercial
>>applications. . There is no code covering orientation.
>>
>>Seems like most NEMA publications show the pin up on the 5-15 configuration.
>>I just looked at my GFCI in the bathroom and the test and reset buttons are
>>engraved in both orientations.
>>
>
>Nobody told Whirlpool that. My new fridge is set up ground down if the
>cord is going to hang right.
In my younger days, I would have thought I was the only one who would
reverse the receptacle to make a cord hang right, but now I know
others would too.
So I would just pick a way, and if a cord arose that new not my way,
I'd rotate the receptacle. (One can use a Leviton #325547 Receptacle
Rotator.)
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