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For those pesky heavy power cables that want...
P.I.:
to fall out of the wall, try this: invert the wall receptacle so the ground pin is on the top. That way the strongest grip is at the top of the plug doing the most good. Even if the weight of the cable is trying to work with gravity (there is that physics thing again) the blade contacts will retain more of the blade in the receptacle.
I keep forgetting to post simple things like this. Hopefullly you are all ahead of me here.
richidoo:
Good idea!
Electricians often install switched outlets upside down, so you don't have to search for it the hard way. But without guidance they often put the switched outlet in the worst possible location. :duh
P.I.:
--- Quote from: richidoo on March 09, 2018, 04:06:53 PM ---Good idea!
Electricians often install switched outlets upside down, so you don't have to search for it the hard way. But without guidance they often put the switched outlet in the worst possible location. :duh
--- End quote ---
Yeah, having the ground pin on top is the way all commercial wiring used to be done. I don't know why they went away from that standard. Learned that from my Dad.
Without guidance Sparky will do many things to confound mere mortals.
StereoNut:
--- Quote from: P.I. on March 10, 2018, 09:42:01 PM ---
--- Quote from: richidoo on March 09, 2018, 04:06:53 PM ---Good idea!
Electricians often install switched outlets upside down, so you don't have to search for it the hard way. But without guidance they often put the switched outlet in the worst possible location. :duh
--- End quote ---
Yeah, having the ground pin on top is the way all commercial wiring used to be done. I don't know why they went away from that standard. Learned that from my Dad.
Without guidance Sparky will do many things to confound mere mortals.
--- End quote ---
It was (and still should be) done with pin on top for safety. If anything metal happens to fall or slide down a wall and miraculously fits itself between the plug and the wall plate, it would hit the pin, rather than short everything out across the two spades.
SN
tmazz:
--- Quote from: StereoNut on March 11, 2018, 09:53:11 AM ---
--- Quote from: P.I. on March 10, 2018, 09:42:01 PM ---
--- Quote from: richidoo on March 09, 2018, 04:06:53 PM ---Good idea!
Electricians often install switched outlets upside down, so you don't have to search for it the hard way. But without guidance they often put the switched outlet in the worst possible location. :duh
--- End quote ---
Yeah, having the ground pin on top is the way all commercial wiring used to be done. I don't know why they went away from that standard. Learned that from my Dad.
Without guidance Sparky will do many things to confound mere mortals.
--- End quote ---
It was (and still should be) done with pin on top for safety. If anything metal happens to fall or slide down a wall and miraculously fits itself between the plug and the wall plate, it would hit the pin, rather than short everything out across the two spades.
SN
--- End quote ---
Wow Bill, you are starting to sound like an engineer. ;)
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