Comments on: Does the ground go up or down on an outlet? https://dfarq.homeip.net/does-the-ground-go-up-or-down-on-an-outlet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-the-ground-go-up-or-down-on-an-outlet David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:22:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: CubicleNate https://dfarq.homeip.net/does-the-ground-go-up-or-down-on-an-outlet/#comment-56261 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:32:13 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=30894#comment-56261 I have heard this argument about the ground facing up and the electricians I have worked with back in my days of owning rentals also said it doesn’t really matter but sited the same reasoning about the ground facing up won’t allow something to dead short the plug as easily. So, in my craving to experiment, actually tested the theory and couldn’t successfully get something falling on the plug to sort out the hot to the neutral.

I had another electrician… or was it an electrical engineer tell me the opposite of having the neutral downward was safer because ground would remain in contact as the the hot and neutral would fall out siting this is a safer scenario. At that point, I threw up my hands and just decided I want my plugs to look like a face.

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