Upside down wall socket

Inspector507 · Mar 3, 2006

LarryD was correct. Besides there is no such thing as an '03 NEC. The codes changed in '02 and '05.
There is nothing that dictates what orientation the groung opening is to be, personal choice.

450EXC · Mar 4, 2006

I did a service call for a grocery store once that had warm water at thier drinking fountain. The elec outlet was roughed in too high and the frame of the fountain was hitting the cord plug. The frame settled down and pushed the plug out slightly. The breaker was tripped was the cause for no cold water, the frame must have contacted the hot and nuetral blades. The frame must have been energized for a second b/4 the breaker tripped. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I put the ground plug up when I install them.

Jagmandave · Mar 4, 2006

Our local electrician told me commercial 110V receptacles had to have the ground plug up, and in our building built in late '97, they all are in fact that way. So, any I've added have all been set up that way, but as noted by others, when I went to plug in the fridge in the break room, the cord didn't want to lay right - so I turned it around. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif