Doctorbass
100 GW
I think this could be a great debate!.
There is many opinion about that.
Some say that ground up protect from being electrocuted by conductive sharp object falling and touching the L and N blade.
Well it make sense.. but why it seem that all around me all receptacle i see , in store, at friends houses, even homw hardware store have receptacke with ground down...
And... Why the hell all the 90 degree 120V plus gave the ground DOWN ??? and also why most of the 120V receptacle have writing so it make it readable when ground is down.... and also most of the pictures of 120V receptacle in my home depot are with ground down.. and all label readable this way...
it's like according to the Ground Up opinion we wodel need to have the cord attached to the plug ging up before returning down to the ground ??.. lol
Here is a great discussion here: http://www.mikeholt.com/technical.p...ptacles - Ground Up or Ground Down? (9-23-99)
Look like All Leviton receptacle are shown with ground down on their packaging...
even their own YT channel are showing Receptacle installed ground down:
[youtube]gXv0rWdr6n8[/youtube]
Even this guy take more than 15 sec trying to simulate stupid short to the conductive blades... lol
[youtube]EmVH5En6x6o[/youtube]
This one indicate that the decision is still not decided yet!.. there is label in both direction.. lol
Apparently the electrical code does not mention anything about that!!
Doc
There is many opinion about that.
Some say that ground up protect from being electrocuted by conductive sharp object falling and touching the L and N blade.
Well it make sense.. but why it seem that all around me all receptacle i see , in store, at friends houses, even homw hardware store have receptacke with ground down...
And... Why the hell all the 90 degree 120V plus gave the ground DOWN ??? and also why most of the 120V receptacle have writing so it make it readable when ground is down.... and also most of the pictures of 120V receptacle in my home depot are with ground down.. and all label readable this way...
it's like according to the Ground Up opinion we wodel need to have the cord attached to the plug ging up before returning down to the ground ??.. lol
Here is a great discussion here: http://www.mikeholt.com/technical.p...ptacles - Ground Up or Ground Down? (9-23-99)
Look like All Leviton receptacle are shown with ground down on their packaging...
even their own YT channel are showing Receptacle installed ground down:
[youtube]gXv0rWdr6n8[/youtube]
Even this guy take more than 15 sec trying to simulate stupid short to the conductive blades... lol
[youtube]EmVH5En6x6o[/youtube]
This one indicate that the decision is still not decided yet!.. there is label in both direction.. lol
Apparently the electrical code does not mention anything about that!!
Doc