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Okay, here is a receptacle that eliminates all the dangers.

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:D

Roger
 
jumper said:
Okay, fair enough. A possibility for sure, but a rare occurrance I would assume.

As for me, I have seen either, but experiences vary widely.

I suppose each will do as he/she sees fit.:)
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Rare as being struck by lightning but can happen, I now always install ground prong or terminal up.
 
Gregg Harris said:
Rare as being struck by lightning but can happen, I now always install ground prong or terminal up.
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And I have no argument with your personal reasons for doing so.

But as far as code: Can we agree that neither orientation is mandated and that not enough substantiation has ever been submitted to a CMP to warrant it?

If every "What if" event was covered, The NEC would be a gaziilion pages long.
 
jumper said:
And I have no argument with your personal reasons for doing so.

But as far as code: Can we agree that neither orientation is mandated and that not enough substantiation has ever been submitted to a CMP to warrant it?

If every "What if" event was covered, The NEC would be a gaziilion pages long.
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Clearly not an NEC code requirement but it has been submitted and rejected several times.
 
Is this thread becoming a ground up / ground down thread or is it my imagination? :)

Roger
 
roger said:
Okay, here is a receptacle that eliminates all the dangers.

groundingrecepcorrect.jpg
:D

Roger
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The top terminal screw shown is likely for the EGC, what are the others for?;)

jumper said:
And I have no argument with your personal reasons for doing so.

But as far as code: Can we agree that neither orientation is mandated and that not enough substantiation has ever been submitted to a CMP to warrant it?

If every "What if" event was covered, The NEC would be a gaziilion pages long.
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If every "what if" event was covered the NEC would be pretty simple - you wouldn't be allowed to use electricity:lol:

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Is this thread becoming a ground up / ground down thread or is it my imagination? :)

Roger
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I thought that myself when I had a pretty thorough response to one of the posts then decided to not submit it. Nothing wrong with a joke here and there about it but getting into serious discussion on this topic is pointless.
 
Gregg Harris said:
One per receptical mounted up or nuetral mounted on top in horizontal position.

Is that better?
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Gregg, as Roger just stated, we gotta drop this.

I am as guilty as anyone else for the thread jack, but we gotta stop.

Ground up/down arguing is not allowed, so we need to end this.

Opinions will vary and no answer on this issue will be resolved here
 
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