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1. Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: Tim Mullen <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:26:38 -0500; I have a questions for all the knowledgeable list members. I have always installed standard three prong 110V outlets with the ground "hole" on the bottom. It seemed pretty much standard and universal; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00086.html (7,742 bytes)
2. Re: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: Mike Sloane <msloane@att.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 16:12:05 -0500; I was told by an electrical inspector that the new recommendation is for the ground plug to be up. The reasoning is that if the plug should be out from the socket a little and something metallic drop; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00088.html (8,760 bytes)
3. Re: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: Andy Poling <andy@globalauctions.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 16:33:16 -0500 (EST); Dunno how knowledgable I am, but I know the answer to this question... :-) This is a tip I read somewhere. The idea is that if something falls on the plug while it's plugged in, it will come into con; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00090.html (8,351 bytes)
4. Re: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: rchansle@us.ibm.com; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 15:44:47 -0700; In my house the contractor turned the receptacles over to indicate they were controlled by a switch. So, there's another option. Bob Chansler Andy Poling <andy@globalauctions.com> on 03/17/99 02:33:1; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00092.html (8,811 bytes)
5. Re: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: RodPolentz@aol.com; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 18:17:47 EST; this was always a gripe of mine. I thought the ground lug should be at the bottom and it drove me nuts to try and plug in a three-prong when the outlet was "upside down." The argument for having the; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00093.html (8,112 bytes)
6. RE: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:01:27 -0800; GFCI won't help if the falling object contacts both flat pins, only if it also happens to contact the safety ground, or otherwise be grounded. Re: "little yellow plastic polarity testers" : Huh ? Eve; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00098.html (9,252 bytes)
7. RE: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: Keith Kaplan <keithka@microsoft.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:50:42 -0800; Usually the lights are on the opposite side from the ground lug, so you'd have to be a real contortionist to see the lights for a plug with the ground lug on top. Maybe those little yellow testers ar; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00099.html (8,280 bytes)
8. Re: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: EHarte@aol.com; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:54:49 EST; A GFCI detects current flow between the "hot side" of the electrical side and the ground of the "third prong" ground. If there is a short between the "hot" and "cold" side, the fuse or circuit break; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00103.html (7,726 bytes)
9. Re: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:02:45 -0600; ground My three-light polarity tester has been visible from both sides for the whole twenty years I've had it. Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA Lotus Europa, VW Quantum Syncro, Chev Suburban LOO; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00105.html (8,068 bytes)
10. Re: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: GCOLUMBO <GCOLUMBO@Prodigy.Net>; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:54:11 -0800; There is no standard...even in the 1996 National Electric Code. Most electricians I have talked to prefer the ground (single hole up). The resoning is that if something metal should fall and hit the; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00106.html (8,737 bytes)
11. Re: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: RodPolentz@aol.com; Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:17:07 EST; By golly, you're right!!! I just went out to the garage and looked at mine and the lights are visible upside down and right side up, whichever way they might be. It's just the decal showing the 'wron; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00107.html (7,907 bytes)
12. re: electrical outlets (score: 1): Author: rwil@cts.com (Roland Wilhelmy); Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 06:22:46 GMT; My son's brand new (and presumably to code) home in San Diego has the ground on the bottom for ordinary duplex outlets and ground on top for the outlets that are controlled by wall switch. It is prob; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00108.html (7,496 bytes)
13. Re: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: "Nils O. Ny" <n.ny@intest.com>; Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:06:30 -0500; I believe that the correct orientation of the ground contact on a normal 3 prong outlet is with the ground "hole" at the BOTTOM. The reasoning here is that if you look at all the equipment that uses; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00110.html (9,155 bytes)
14. RE: Electrical Outlets (score: 1): Author: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:27:07 -0800; I'd forgotten my old one had the lights on the side (seems to me it also wasn't color coded). The last 3 or so I've bought all had the lights on the end, so you can see them either way, and colored l; /html/shop-talk/1999-03/msg00113.html (8,196 bytes)

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