• ch00f@lemmy.world
    11·
    16 hours ago

    The real mystery is why code requires the outlets installed upside down.

    That isn’t code. 2:25

    and his point was that if the ground pin was above the other two, something falling on a partially exposed plug would rest on the harmless ground

    His point is that this is incredibly unlikely to ever actually help, and it’s largely an urban legend.

    • beepbeeplettuce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      21·
      12 hours ago

      Funnily enough this did happen to me. It was a cat toy that was mostly just a long metal wire. I found it on the ground in 2 pieces and couldn’t figure out how that happened…until I saw the marks around the outlet. Definitely feel lucky that nothing caught fire and no cats were harmed. Not that I’m going to flip all my outlets or anything, but proof it can happen!