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Vent: Saw a new build in Denver with all the outlets installed upside down
I was finishing a walkthrough on a house in the Highlands last Thursday, and every single 15 amp outlet had the ground pin up. The foreman said it was a 'new safety standard' from the builder to stop things from falling across the prongs. I've been in the trade for 12 years and that just seems like a fix for a problem that doesn't exist, plus it looks weird. Has anyone else run into this and actually think it's a good idea?
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adam_young315mo ago
Have you considered that a loose faceplate could let something metal slide down and short the prongs? That foreman's safety point is actually valid, even if it looks odd at first.
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jakem982mo ago
Oh man I actually saw something similar happen at a buddy's house a few years back. He had an old outlet with a loose plate and a metal picture frame fell off his shelf and slid right down behind it. Scared the hell out of us when we heard the pop and saw the spark. It was a freak thing but it definitely happened. So yeah I think the foreman's point makes more sense than people give it credit for. Even if it's rare, that kind of stuff can happen when you least expect it.
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fisher.reese5mo ago
Honestly that whole metal object slide thing feels like a made up worry. How often does a bare paperclip just fall perfectly onto both prongs under a loose plate? Tbh it seems like a solution for a problem that basically never happens in real life.
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