3 prong outlet, which way is up?

[thekmanrocks]

Ground on top - but most people prefer their outlets to look like a human face, so they're installed - technically - upside-down.

[Mark Lloyd]

And there was the one I saw at a local police station. Duplex receptacle installed vertically, but each outlet with the ground at a 30-degree angle to down.

[hubops]

... the reason for the human face thing :

John T.

[Clare Snyder]

Intricate surgery - - -

[Ed Pawlowski]

Prove it. You can't. NEC does not care which way you mount them.

[gfretwell]

I have seen them where one was up and one was down.

[gfretwell]

You could always go with one of these

[thekmanrocks]

I think what Mark Lloyd saw was that quad installed with 'HUBBELL' level on top..!

[gfretwell]

There is someone put there making a duplex with one pin up and the other down too. I just can't find it right now.

[thekmanrocks]

gfre:

As long as it is the Neutral on top, that is fine. Narrow floor to wall strips can necessitate that.

[dpb]

The NEC is totally silent on orientation of any angle.

There is no right or wrong.

[Mark Lloyd]

What I saw (and wish I got a picture of) was a vertically-installed DUPLEX receptacle. The wallplate was straight up and down, but the receptacles themselves were at an angle. The same angle with the ground pin at about 30 degrees CCW of down.

Possibly this had something to do with cords having the cord connected at an angle.

[Mark Lloyd]

The angle I described would have hot a little bit higher than neutral. Ground and neutral would be at the bottom, with (IIRC) ground slightly lower.

Designed for use in places where paper clips normally fall up :-)

[hah]

"2 wrongs don't make a right, but 2 rights do make a airplane." :-)

[thekmanrocks]

_________ Ya can't fix 'stupid'!

[philo]

Normally the ground is at the bottom but if there are slave outlets running off a GFC, they are then installed upside down.

At least is the convention I've seen

[thekmanrocks]

Philo:

If the ground hole is on top, you should be able to read anything stamped into the plastic fascia of the receptacle. Hence, right- side up!

[None]

Theckhhhmah <thekma @ shortbus . edu> the village idiot puked up

You really are a a retarded dumb f*ck.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Well those dumb guys at Leviton are printing them upside down. You should call them and tell them

[philo]

Just looked. Two sets of writing.

One is correct no matter what the vertical orientation is