In Britain we mount our outlets with the earth socket at the top. The reason being that anything conductive which might fall between the socket and the plug would probably make contact with the earth pin first ... etc.
American sockets used to be mounted the same way, and I had assumed for the same reason.
All photographs of American outlets now show that they are mounted inversely, with the earth socket at the bottom.
This seems to fly in the face of common sense.
Does anyone know why this is done?
American sockets used to be mounted the same way, and I had assumed for the same reason.
All photographs of American outlets now show that they are mounted inversely, with the earth socket at the bottom.
This seems to fly in the face of common sense.
Does anyone know why this is done?
