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minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month agoisn’t the earth pin supposed to be on top on nema outlets?
minus-squareTwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoNowhere in the NEC is there a requirement to mount receptacles upside down (ground on top), but it is common practice in some locations/fields.
minus-squareramble81@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoNot that I’ve ever seen. I see them installed in all orientations. I don’t think there’s a specific code behind it.
minus-squareAlsaValderaan@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agothey certainly make a nice bang if something metal falls on top of the two conductors, if the earth is on the bottom.
minus-squareglizzyguzzler@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI’m p sure you have to install it so the ground pin is on the bottom so the electric outlet looks like two shocked (electrical pun) lil fellas :o :o, it’s def in the NEC somewhere about the lil jokers having to look spooked
isn’t the earth pin supposed to be on top on nema outlets?
Nowhere in the NEC is there a requirement to mount receptacles upside down (ground on top), but it is common practice in some locations/fields.
Not that I’ve ever seen. I see them installed in all orientations. I don’t think there’s a specific code behind it.
they certainly make a nice bang if something metal falls on top of the two conductors, if the earth is on the bottom.
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I’m p sure you have to install it so the ground pin is on the bottom so the electric outlet looks like two shocked (electrical pun) lil fellas :o :o, it’s def in the NEC somewhere about the lil jokers having to look spooked