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Posted by mm on April 17, 2007, 10:52 pm
>Mark Lloyd wrote:
>> The receptacle for my dryer (probably original installation when house
>> was built, around 1969) has the ground down. The plug on the dryer
>> (new last year) is positioned for a ground-up receptacle, so it has to
>> be plugged in with the cord going up instead of down.
>
>Is this a gas or electric dryer? Most 120/240 volt appliance cords I
>have seen have the ground on top. Also, it appears to be the custom for
>gas dryers not to have right angle plugs, while washers have right angle
>plugs with the ground down. This allows for both appliances to be
>plugged into the same duplex outlet.
I have a 3-prong heavy duty extenision cord with the wire at a 45
degree angle. I guess it's meant to allow it with anything in any
socket. It's also darn thin. I've only see this kind of plug once.
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Posted by Mark Lloyd on April 17, 2007, 8:31 pm
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:49:11 GMT, spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller)
wrote:
>
>>The receptacle for my dryer (probably original installation when house
>>was built, around 1969) has the ground down. The plug on the dryer
>>(new last year) is positioned for a ground-up receptacle, so it has to
>>be plugged in with the cord going up instead of down.
>
>Something stopping you from flipping the recep upside down?
Probably not. I just hadn't thought of that.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
"All your western theologies, the whole mythology of them,
are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent."
-- Tennessee Williams
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Posted by Tim Smith on April 18, 2007, 5:24 pm
>>>was built, around 1969) has the ground down. The plug on the dryer
>>>(new last year) is positioned for a ground-up receptacle, so it has to
>>>be plugged in with the cord going up instead of down.
>>
>>Something stopping you from flipping the recep upside down?
>
> Probably not. I just hadn't thought of that.
Haha. Don't feel too bad. In college, my room was basically a narrow
rectangle, with a bed on one long side, and the sink and closet on the
other, with a desk in there somewhere.
The bed did not have a headboard or anything else to distinguish one end
from the other.
I decided one day that I would rather sleep with my head on the other
side, and so I turned the bed around. This was a pain in the ass, but
with much work, in the room and in the narrow hallway outside the room,
I got it turned around.
Just as I finished, someone walked by, asked what I was doing, and then
asked why I hadn't simply moved the pillow to the other end and changed
where the sheets and blanket were tucked in.
Doh!
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Posted by Jeffry Wisnia on April 17, 2007, 12:11 am
Toller wrote:
>
>>A friend of mine told me the proper way to install an electrical
>>outlet for the standard home is to position the round ground connector
>>in the upward position. Has anyone else heard of this? I have never
>>seen an outlet positioned this way in my life.
>>
>
>
> 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.
And I believe the things they felt most likely to fall down that way
would be metal outlet cover plates, if the screw vibrated out, or maybe
got lost by a painter who'd removed the plate and then just placed it
back over the outlet.
Jeff
--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.98*1014 fathoms per fortnight.
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Posted by Just Joshin on April 16, 2007, 11:12 am
On 15 Apr 2007 21:48:35 -0700, wdgregg@netscape.com wrote:
>A friend of mine told me the proper way to install an electrical
>outlet for the standard home is to position the round ground connector
>in the upward position. Has anyone else heard of this? I have never
>seen an outlet positioned this way in my life.
>
>Thanks
>
>WDG
I've seen many commercial places do this. The reasoning seems that if
a metal face plate comes loose and falls on a partically inserted plug
will not result in a short. Lot of 'if' here.
I personally, like ground port(round hole) on the bottom, since my
index finger does migrate over to it when inserting a plug at times. I
don't use metal face plates.
One note, it seems to be a matter or preference, but I would check
with local code enforcement to see what they 'want'.
tom @ www.FreelancingProjects.com
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