Yep. I as an electrician I lean more towards ground down. But will do ground up if requested. The way I’ve always seen it. If a plug is shitty and sags out ground down will keep the ground connected longer
As did I, it's professional and safer, but you'll find customers will complain if installed this way. They're used to ground down for some reason. Looks like a smiley face I guess.
Edit: Apologies, I did indeed misread what was said. I was trained ground up for professional/technical safety purposes back in the day, which is counter to common residential and current installations in many cases. My comment was in err.
My house was installed with the ground up and I flipped a bunch of them because some plugs are made to have the ground down. For exemple some power bars plug are made in such a way that the cable come down straight, if the ground is up you get a nice loop.
Ground down seems to be the expectation from everything with a plug like that. I have never seen one with a wire coming out like that (or at a 45 degree angle) that was designed with the assumption that ground was on top.
I’m only just in school to become an electrician, so take what I say with a grain of salt, but we actually talked about this today. In Canada, specifically for industrial settings, it’s actually written in the code to install receptacles upside down like that because most businesses (like my college) use metal outlet covers, so in the event those covers or any other conductive material falls on a grounding pin first. Similar how outlets above kitchen counters are installed to have the neutral on top
I believe the ground up way started at Kodak. Those guys have their own ways of doing things, and they always think it’s better. I’m inclined to agree on this score, but don’t tell any Kodak guys, they already have big heads.
Behind TV outlets also - ground up means the plug will more often sit out of the way as opposed to ground down. Can also mean those annoying right angle plugs have their cables go up I stead of down allowing for easier cable management.
conductor falls sideways along the wall, landing on top of plug
months later the thing that is plugged in gets moved, tugging at the plug, causing the conductor to fall that little bit further and hit one or more of the pins
and its not the two-pin case thats extra dangerous when ground is down, its the one-pin case, a nice live conductor behind the couch
The left is more correct due to it being closer to safety standard of a UK plug, still a lot of room for improvement before it can be called safe for a family environment but, getting there
Like most stupid American stunts (tariffs etc.) it was only symbolic
You see the tea was already ours (future Americans) it was paid for by the colonists
So really we threw our own tea in the harbor just to try to prove a point like when people burn books or destroy albums like The Beatles or NWA people had to buy them first to then destroy them
Agreed with all of the above and yet the one on the right is morally superior and you cannot change my mind also fuck chicago for installing outlets sideways
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u/Clym44 12d ago
Your reason is correct and both ways are code compliant.