Duplex ground orientation

[wmabantajr]

Does the NEC specify the orientation of the ground on a duplex. For example when a duplex is installed vertically does the ground get installed @ the bottom or top? If installed horizontally left or right?

 

[kwired]

This is a topic that has been beat to death, and actually is a taboo topic according to forum rules.

There is no such rules for orientation and there are about as many pros as there is cons to any particular orientation.

This thread is bound to be closed by the first moderator that sees it.

 

[K8MHZ]

See my avatar.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

This is a topic that has been beat to death, and actually is a taboo topic according to forum rules.

There is no such rules for orientation and there are about as many pros as there is cons to any particular orientation.

This thread is bound to be closed by the first moderator that sees it.

I see it and I don't care if you all want to beat it to death. Someone else may close it tho.

 

[kwired]

I see it and I don't care if you all want to beat it to death. Someone else may close it tho.

Is that a real device or a photoshopped device?

I have seen real devices similar - ground pins are typically both near the center instead of outer ends though, and they have usually been old surface mount devices but I don't know I have ever seen a flush mount duplex like that.

Of course there are those like pictured in Mark's avatar that shows us there is no right or wrong on a horizontal plane either.

 

[K8MHZ]

I see it and I don't care if you all want to beat it to death. Someone else may close it tho.

That's a PhotoShop job. My avatar is a picture I took of a real receptacle in an old recycling center.

 

[roger]

My avatar is a picture I took of a real receptacle in an old recycling center.

They are made by Hubbell and Bryant(see link below) in regular, HG, and Surge Supression varieties, Leviton has a variation as do other manufacturers.

http://www.hubbell-wiring.com/press/pdfs/h5254.pdf

Roger