Xref: utzoo misc.consumers.house:13441 sci.electronics:13905 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!ncrlnk!ncrwat!swdev!dgs From: dgs@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM (David G. Schwartz) Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house,sci.electronics Subject: Re: Question about electrical outlets Summary: Upside down outlets Message-ID: <1137@ncrwat.Waterloo.NCR.COM> Date: 31 Aug 90 00:30:20 GMT References: <90240.090730MADIF@ROHVM1.BITNET> <842@ecicrl.UUCP> <1990Aug30.012428.14541@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> <1990Aug30.165822.19356@amd.co Sender: news@ncrwat.Waterloo.NCR.COM Reply-To: dgs@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM (David G. Schwartz) Organization: NCR Canada Ltd, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Lines: 17 In article <1990Aug30.165822.19356@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: >Speaking of hospitals, there's one around here (Kaiser) that seems >to like to install all their outlets "upside down", with the ground >of the three prong outlet on top. > >Is there method to this madness? Yes. If you go to pull a plug below about waist level and you grab it by the plug (as you should always do) right against the wall, as you pull it out, your thumb may roll over the front edge. What would you rather have your thumb contact in this situation - the ground pin or the live and neutral? ---- Remember: Net.advice is usually worth what you pay for it. UUCP: uunet!{ncrlnk,watmath}!ncrwat!dmsdev!dgs VOICE: (519) 884-1710 x247 NCR: VoicePlus: 643-1247 DoD#00066