determine whether it’s wired correctly.
Why Do Most People Expect the Ground Hole to Be on the Bottom?
It’s mostly what we’re accustomed to seeing.
Once you’ve encountered hundreds—or thousands—of outlets with the grounding opening underneath, that arrangement starts to feel like the “correct” one.
But when you see this
it feels normal simply because that’s the orientation you’ve learned to expect.
There isn’t necessarily a functional reason for the orientation we’re most familiar with.
Is One Orientation Actually Safer?
This is where the internet can get a little confusing.
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