wiring 2 duplex receptacles

[ramsy]

A little off topic and on the verge of the unspeakable, installing multiple gang receptacles is one place I do ground up / ground down to keep hot/neutral terminals from being side by side. I know it doesn't really matter but just something I have always done

Misery loves company. Maybe I learned that from you.

 

[garbo]

Unless inspectors want quadruplex receptacles with ground prongs facing up, I avoid electrical tape with 1 facing up & 1 down, so that exposed terminals face each other with the same potential or polarity.
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I always mounted two duplex receptacles with both hots facing one another to lesson chance of grounding out uf a little water entered the 1900 box. I always use quality black tape ( none POS cheating china garbage tape ) for all devices. During my 50 years have seen way too many cases of water inside boxes causing wires to arc to ground. Got a good laugh at a union electrician telling me its a waste of time taping receptacles while he was removing an energized receptacle in an old work box mounted with Madison bars. Yep 10 seconds after telling me this he shorted out the untapped receptacle to one of the Madison bars tripping the circuit breaker. Was taught it pays to go the extra mile while performing electrical work.

 

[ramsy]

I always mounted two duplex receptacles with both hots facing one another to lesson chance of grounding out uf a little water entered the 1900 box. I always use quality black tape ( none POS cheating china garbage tape ) for all devices.
During my 50 years have seen way too many cases of water inside boxes causing wires to arc to ground. Got a good laugh at a union electrician telling me its a waste of time taping receptacles while he was removing an energized receptacle in an old work box mounted with Madison bars. Yep 10 seconds after telling me this he shorted out the untapped receptacle to one of the Madison bars tripping the circuit breaker. Was taught it pays to go the extra mile while performing electrical work.

Romex-ripping contractors eat your hearts out. See how your clients pay someone else to undo your production, flip your cheep devices around, and try to make them worthy of the weather, blanketed in the most expensive electrical tape.