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[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

We could just flip our outlet upside down and be sort of safer, but we don't because the little face 😮

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Funny thing is, the outlets in my house are installed with the ground prong up, unless they're installed horizontally.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

That's probably because that's the recommended way to install them for safety, and that's why they're installed that way in hospitals, but people install them upside down in houses because they like the face

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Wel no fire code or even electrical safety standards mention the orientation of plug. Hospital codes are the one exception

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Chicago--a city very paranoid about fire--has some relatively unique fire codes, like all electrical wiring in a structure must run through conduit, and outlets are either typically, or are required to be, installed horizontally.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I can see why Chicago might be.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The city that famously burned down that one time? There's an outside chance that has something to do with it.

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