FYI: there’s a faction of people who believe this orientation is safer, given that the ground pin is on top (so if a plug is part-way out and something falls behind it, it’ll hit the harmless ground pin instead of the line).
Also FYI: anyone who doesn’t install it like it’s a little surprised face is insane and should be treated as such.
Pretty common to see if you are in the US at least, builders tend to install a plug backwards if it’s operated by a light switch. Not code or anything, just something they do.
All the outlets in our house were installed upside down, off it wasn’t for bulky transformers that plug directly in & chunky plugs which now have the wire going out upwards, I’m sure it would be a sensible and slightly safer way to do outlets
If the plug is loose and you grab and yank it, there’s no risk of touching the hot, and the ground won’t hurt you. Also, with ground side down, loose outlets expose the hot connection when gravity pulls it down, while this doesn’t happen in the ground up orientation.
I’m not going to say rightside up is unequivocally the “right” way, but I’m not really convinced the things you (and others) are saying is demonstrably safer in any real sense.
No-one is going to comment on the outlet being installed upside down?
I think the picture is upside down.
FYI: there’s a faction of people who believe this orientation is safer, given that the ground pin is on top (so if a plug is part-way out and something falls behind it, it’ll hit the harmless ground pin instead of the line).
Also FYI: anyone who doesn’t install it like it’s a little surprised face is insane and should be treated as such.
Regardless of the reason and whether it’s justified, this is code for US hospitals, or so I’ve been told.
Pretty common to see if you are in the US at least, builders tend to install a plug backwards if it’s operated by a light switch. Not code or anything, just something they do.
All the outlets in our house were installed upside down, off it wasn’t for bulky transformers that plug directly in & chunky plugs which now have the wire going out upwards, I’m sure it would be a sensible and slightly safer way to do outlets
But bulky transformers are a thing, so there’s that. In any case, what would make the ground on top “slightly safer”?
If the plug is loose and you grab and yank it, there’s no risk of touching the hot, and the ground won’t hurt you. Also, with ground side down, loose outlets expose the hot connection when gravity pulls it down, while this doesn’t happen in the ground up orientation.
I’m not going to say rightside up is unequivocally the “right” way, but I’m not really convinced the things you (and others) are saying is demonstrably safer in any real sense.
If something conductive falls onto the contacts, it’s not bridging anything.
Technology Connections did an episode about why some plugs have holes in the flats. I believe he briefly covered this topic in that video.