I know the whole debate about ground pin up / down has been thrashed out a million times and I don't want to re debate it, so it may be just me and some of the appliances I have bumped into. All of the appliances that I have used seen where the plug is somewhat bulky and has a "preferred orientation" have the ground pin at the bottom. Foe example my electric pressure washer has a integral GFCI at the end of the cord and it absolutely is designed to operate ground pin down. If any outdoor outlets were ground pin up the sprung cover would prevent you from using the washer at that outlet. My hair dryer is the same, as is a angled plug on my refrigerator. I also have a wall mounted battery charger that would not operate ground pin up. Has anyone noticed this, is there some industry standard that has developed in a pervasive manner regardless of the code's ambivalence. Anyone else notice the same thing? Am I on drugs?
