(Log #1043)
2- 24 - (210-7(g)): Reject
SUBMITTER: Randall S. Bell, Greenwood, IN
RECOMMENDATION: I would like to propose that Receptacles have to be ground up.
SUBSTANTIATION: I have looked and studied that it would be safer for people. I think it would be a very good thing for the NEC to adopt this proposal.
PANEL ACTION: Reject.
PANEL STATEMENT: There is no evidence to support a required orientation of the ground pin for a receptacle outlet. The panel notes that receptacles have been installed with the ground pin up, down, and horizontally for many years with no established trend of one orientation being safer than the other.
NUMBER OF PANEL MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE: 12
VOTE ON PANEL ACTION:
AFFIRMATIVE: 12
Virgil,
I uploaded the ROP for this so that you can download it.
Article 210 ROP 514k PDF
Bill
[This message has been edited by Bill Addiss (edited 05-02-2002).]
