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>In article <33967@cup.portal.com> dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell) writes:
>John Sparks "answers" the debate over the reason for inverting AC outlets:

>>By putting the ground at the top, any falling object that cuts through the cord
>>will contact the ground wire BEFORE contacting the power conductor. This will
>>keep you from being electricuted if you happen to be holding onto the cutting
>>object, by giving the power a shorter distance to ground (the ground wire) than
>>your body.
>
>>[I am an electrical designer]
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>How's this for a straight-forward possible explanation:
>
>When running Romex to a series of outlet boxes, it is not uncommon for
>the installer to find the wires splice and break out in a sequence that
>is clumsy for the 'normal', upright, outlet orientation. The lazy way
>to fix the problem is to invert the outlet...
>
>Dave      dbell@cup.portal.com

Nah... I finished many many houses and after doing 2 or 3 outlet boxes
with major splicing involved you quickly get the hang of splicing to have
the wires line up correctly. It's been a while though so I can't be 
certain of the type of help contractors are getting now a days :-)

BTW John have you done any more work on your newsreader for Amiga.uucp ?

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