Ground pin up or down?

[Bad Eye Bill]

One of those says "Over" while the other one clearly says "Under"...

I know that.

On the left one when you pull the paper down it comes over the top and on the right one when you pull the paper down it comes over the top.

I guess I have to assume then that you all pull the paper out instead of down? In that case it would be over and under.

However, the right picture is correct and the paper is meant to be pulled down and over the top.

 

[alfredeneuman]

This thread is ridiculous. In 3 pages it's gone from something that doesn't matter to another that doesn't matter.

 

[dave*99]

This thread is ridiculous. In 3 pages it's gone from something that doesn't matter to another that doesn't matter.

Appropriate. Garbage in garbage out. Start low and go down from there.

 

[sparky 1971]

This thread is ridiculous. In 3 pages it's gone from something that doesn't matter to another that doesn't matter.

You must be new here.

I will add that one time I flipped a receptacle to ground up for either a refrigerator or freezer because it had a ground up right angle cord. I've never seen another. There was also a treadmill that required the receptacle to be horizontal with the ground pin to the left in order for the right angle cord cap to hang straight down.

 

[PCustoms]

Forget which way the roll goes, how do y'all store your poop knife?

 

[Snapped-off]

Forget which way the roll goes, how do y'all store your poop knife?

Knife? Why do you think we don't shake with our hands on the left.

 

[ozyborn]

Same thing as arguing over how to hang the toilet paper, with it rolling over the top or down the back. There's no rule one way or the other.

With our ornery cat. Down the back so he just spins it instead of unrolling all of it.

 

[Joemctag]

Regardless of which way the paper hangs it goes over the top doesn't it?

Color-printed papers are made to go over: like on the left.

 

[Joemctag]

I’mWith our ornery cat. Down the back so he just spins it instead of unrolling all of it.

That is a good reason if there’s a cat:

 

[supratreo]

i always preferred ground up because of what you mentioned in the second part about metal falling on it.
recently while wiring my shop, including sub panel and outlet, i had my uncle, who used to be an electrician, come inspect my work before i called the city. at the end he pointed out that my receptacle was upside down. i went ahead an "fixed it" and when i called inspection, i used my circuit tester to show that GFCI works and realized that if i hadn't flipped the plug, my tester would be upside down.
yesterday i had to replace a receptacle and naturally i put it ground up. i didn't realize until after the cover plate was on and the first thing i thought was what my uncle said. o well. lol.