[ARC5] AC Receptacles

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> There is another, somewhat obscure reason:  If perchance anything metallic
> should fall upon a partly withdrawn plug, it is likely to contact the
> ground pin, and not start a fire by contacting the live pin or the live pin
> and the neutral one.
>

That's how it was explained to me while working at Big Blue back in the
mid-80s. Tools and rulers come to mind. All the outlets in the labs, clean
rooms, etc were pin-up. Made perfect sense to me and I've always installed
mine the same way since. Had to track down an older style nightlight when I
built my daughter's nursery a couple years back, as a result. The polarized
pins make the newer light hang upside down in that configuration.

~ Todd/KAQ