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Which outlet is correct?

Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:39 am
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78101 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:39 am
A


B



I always thought "A" until our office was redone last year and EVERY FREAKING OUTLET is "B" now.

This post was edited on 4/6/16 at 10:40 am
Posted by Dingeaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
4934 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:40 am to
it's A. If you do B, your plugs will want to fall out of the socket.

Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
38741 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:40 am to
A

Technically it doesn't matter but I'd venture to say 93.675% of outlets are A.
This post was edited on 4/6/16 at 10:42 am
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
21618 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:40 am to
I don't see any difference. Is this some insider, cool guy, electrician humor?
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
21618 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:42 am to
I'm an idiot. It's A.
Posted by Pepe Lepew
Looney tuned .....
Member since Oct 2008
36115 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:42 am to
Posted by learnthehardway
B.R./Northshore
Member since Oct 2007
10023 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:43 am to
Either is correct
Posted by Skillet
Member since Aug 2006
107705 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:44 am to
Posted by BACONisMEATcandy
Member since Dec 2007
46643 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:44 am to
A is the first intention but B is done now because if cord or wire were to fall down on a partially plugged on outlet A it would cause a short

For the purposes of litigation B is now correct
Posted by TigerWise
Front Seat of an Uber
Member since Sep 2010
35113 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:47 am to
A's are on sale at HD for a penny
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
12740 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:48 am to
The electrician I used a while back put them all A, except for one. It was one up high on the wall in the laundry room. I asked him the next time he was out if he had done that on purpose, like if one up high there was a legit reason to have it flipped. He just laughed and said he must have been tired by the time he got to that one. He offered to flip it over for me, but I told him not to worry and I'd get to it.
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43030 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:49 am to
B used to be the standard, but now it is A. My house is older, and I had to go through and flip them all around because it annoyed me that they were all B
Posted by Count Chocula
Tier 5 and proud
Member since Feb 2009
63908 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:49 am to
quote:

Pepe Lepew


In high school, I was needing a few days off, so on a Monday I stuck a paper clip into on of those in biology class. Shocked the piss out of me, but hey, I got my mandatory 3 days off!
Posted by TU Rob
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2008
12740 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:53 am to
quote:

In high school, I was needing a few days off, so on a Monday I stuck a paper clip into on of those in biology class. Shocked the piss out of me, but hey, I got my mandatory 3 days off!


I accidentally grabbed an outlet in a floor plug once. Not sure what was wrong with the wiring, but I felt a nice tingle and my arm was numb for a few minutes. Thankfully it was only 110. And I was like 14.
Posted by CoolHand
Member since Dec 2011
2084 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:53 am to
I don't believe the NEC has a requirement, so either is correct according to it.
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
79185 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:54 am to
A^2 * B^2=C^2

Get right with math brah.
Posted by LSUBFA83
Member since May 2012
3343 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:57 am to
With B your cute night lights are upside down and your Glade plug-ins leak.
Posted by retired trucker
midwest
Member since Feb 2015
5093 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 10:59 am to
its A daddio...

B looks like some mopes installed them...
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78101 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 11:01 am to
quote:

For the purposes of litigation B is now correc


awesome
Posted by MrPappagiorgio
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2009
41122 posts
Posted on 4/6/16 at 11:02 am to
quote:

With B your cute night lights are upside down and your Glade plug-ins leak.


that may be his office's reasoning... so the women dont leave their plug-in Scentsys on all night

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