Posted by Paul on November 29, 2003, 12:16 pm
Hello,
I just purchased a new construction house, and all of the
electrical outlets are upside down. Is this something new?
Who started this?
Thanks!
Posted by Bill on November 29, 2003, 12:45 pm
When I first started out as an apprentice electrician, the first job they
gave me was installing outlets and switches in new construction homes. But
at least my supervising electrician told me how they should be installed
and checked every one after the power was turned on...
"Paul" wrote in message
> Hello,
> I just purchased a new construction house, and all of the
> electrical outlets are upside down. Is this something new?
> Who started this?
> Thanks!
Posted by D. Gerasimatos on November 29, 2003, 1:28 pm
>I just purchased a new construction house, and all of the
>electrical outlets are upside down. Is this something new?
>Who started this?
I didn't realize there was a "right side up". Outlets often have the
ground at the top so that if an appliance pulls away from the wall only
the ground is exposed. I have seen outlets mounted both ways in homes and
in commercial installations. Which way is "right side up"?
Dimitri
Posted by avoidspam on November 29, 2003, 1:48 pm
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:28:21 +0000 (UTC), dim@soda.csua.berkeley.edu
(D. Gerasimatos) wrote:
>I didn't realize there was a "right side up". Outlets often have the
>ground at the top so that if an appliance pulls away from the wall only
>the ground is exposed. I have seen outlets mounted both ways in homes and
>in commercial installations. Which way is "right side up"?
Until recently outlets were installed with the blades on the top and
the ground on the bottom - now they are being installed "upside down"
because of the potential for something falling across the blades and
shorting the circuit. (Unless specifically marked the up or down
sides of an outlet could be determined by the orientation of any
writing on the outlet, while most outlets were thought to be correctly
installed during the time since the grounded outlet became standard,
now only the newest ones are right side up.
Posted by JerryL on November 29, 2003, 2:00 pm
They used to mark a 'wall switch controlled' outlet by installing it
ground up (upside down)
avoidspam@invalid.net wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:28:21 +0000 (UTC), dim@soda.csua.berkeley.edu
> (D. Gerasimatos) wrote:
>
>
>>I didn't realize there was a "right side up". Outlets often have the
>>ground at the top so that if an appliance pulls away from the wall only
>>the ground is exposed. I have seen outlets mounted both ways in homes and
>>in commercial installations. Which way is "right side up"?
>
>
>
> Until recently outlets were installed with the blades on the top and
> the ground on the bottom - now they are being installed "upside down"
> because of the potential for something falling across the blades and
> shorting the circuit. (Unless specifically marked the up or down
> sides of an outlet could be determined by the orientation of any
> writing on the outlet, while most outlets were thought to be correctly
> installed during the time since the grounded outlet became standard,
> now only the newest ones are right side up.
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> I just purchased a new construction house, and all of the
> electrical outlets are upside down. Is this something new?
> Who started this?
> Thanks!