• Zoot@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Except that if a plug falls out, you want it to stay grounded… meaning the ground should absolutely be on the bottom because gravity.

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      1 year ago

      the ground should absolutely be on the bottom because gravity.

      Not necessarily. You typically want the ground longer so it’s the first in and last out. Type G has the ground on top. I vaguely remember hearing that’s because if it comes slightly out and something sharp or metal falls on the plug, you want it to hit the ground and not the live part…but I don’t know how reliable that story is.

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        1 year ago

        This is the reason, yeah, at least according to what I’d read on Wikipedia (I’d just learned this “funny story” myself a few minutes before reading the comment above). I wanted to see if there was anything that could confirm it, but I’m not paying $70 to purchase the standard (NECA 130-2010) where it may be written.