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Receptacle ground up or down?

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Should the ground(ing) of receptacles be up or down? Which would be best? Why? [Linked Image]

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Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky	01/17/01 01:47 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky66wv	01/17/01 02:23 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Joe Tedesco	01/17/01 06:09 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky66wv	01/18/01 03:54 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	electrician02125	02/01/01 08:54 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	resqcapt19	02/01/01 09:09 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky66wv	02/01/01 09:16 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky	02/02/01 12:29 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	resqcapt19	02/02/01 03:57 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky	02/02/01 12:18 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	resqcapt19	02/02/01 01:35 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	exxon	02/04/01 07:58 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky66wv	02/05/01 04:01 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky	02/06/01 12:51 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	ElecTrainer	02/23/01 02:54 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky66wv	02/23/01 02:59 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky66wv	02/24/01 07:31 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Bill Addiss	02/24/01 10:26 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Steve T	03/22/01 12:59 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Bill Addiss	03/22/01 03:35 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Steve T	03/22/01 05:33 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Bill Addiss	03/23/01 12:30 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Steve T	03/23/01 03:30 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Anonymous	04/24/01 02:40 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	electure	04/24/01 12:59 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Anonymous	04/24/01 05:30 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky	04/25/01 01:52 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	SlamTex	04/25/01 02:55 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	electure	04/25/01 12:10 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky66wv	04/25/01 12:28 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	electure	04/27/01 11:07 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	resqcapt19	04/27/01 12:07 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky66wv	04/27/01 02:22 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	resqcapt19	04/27/01 03:30 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	electure	04/28/01 01:26 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Joe Tedesco	07/28/02 02:02 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	electric-ed	07/28/02 02:24 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Bjarney	07/28/02 03:57 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	electure	07/28/02 04:15 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Joe Tedesco	07/28/02 05:13 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	pauluk	07/28/02 09:25 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	motor-T	07/28/02 10:40 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	scjohn	07/28/02 11:01 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	harold endean	07/28/02 11:28 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Joe Tedesco	07/28/02 11:52 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Joe Tedesco	07/29/02 12:11 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	WNYJim	07/29/02 01:28 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	motor-T	07/29/02 08:27 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Currently	07/29/02 10:30 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	pauluk	07/30/02 07:44 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	harold endean	07/31/02 01:18 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	frank	07/31/02 02:27 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	gisbon	07/31/02 09:46 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Joe Tedesco	07/31/02 11:18 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky66wv	07/31/02 01:42 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Joe Tedesco	07/31/02 04:25 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	pauluk	07/31/02 10:38 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Fred	08/01/02 02:46 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky66wv	08/01/02 04:26 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Joe Tedesco	08/01/02 08:56 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	aldav53	08/04/02 07:33 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Joe Tedesco	08/04/02 12:17 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	sparky66wv	08/04/02 08:37 PM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	Bjarney	08/06/02 03:19 AM
Re: Receptacle ground up or down?	pauluk	08/06/02 09:00 AM

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