Re: Upside down oulets

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:28:21 +0000 (UTC), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(D. Gerasimatos) wrote:

>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>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

"Right side up" is with the ground at the bottom.


Alan