Working as an electrician has ruined me in a very specific and weird way. I can’t watch a movie, video, or even look at photographs of a building’s interior without trying to see the orientation of the receptacle outlets. Have they been installed with the ground up or the ground down?
This is a pretty big
deal for an electrician.
I’m telling you, if a
video of Salma Hayek appeared in front of me in which she was strutting through
a building in a skimpy bikini, I’m going to be distracted by every receptacle
she wafts past.
Me? I’m ground down all
day long. There are arguments both for and against this orientation. I’ll spare
you details on that and just say that I was trained as an apprentice to mount
receptacles with the ground down, and I continue to run with that.
Interestingly enough,
the National Electrical Code is silent on this. Furthermore, neither receptacle
manufacturers nor the National Electrical Manufacturers Association make any
recommendation in either direction.
So, to all of you
receptacles out there, I just want you to know—Salma Hayek or not—I’ve got my
eye on you.
—Mitchell Hegman
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