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FREE TWEAK: Are your wall / power supply outlets upside down?
Maybe I’m a dumba$$ but I did not know this:
Perusing Voodoo cables website FAQs: How can I keep my power cable from falling out of the socket?
A: Make sure your outlet is installed with the ground at 12 o’clock.
Which is not how household outlets are usually installed and is not how I installed my hospital grade wall outlet. Turns out this is exactly why the hospital standard is to install ground plug up.
So I flipped it. Much better fit.
Then it occurred to me that’s why the outlets in my EQUI+CORE 2400 are ground up. I always thought it was odd.
Then I wondered how AudioQuest and Shunyata orient their outlets? At least one didn’t get the memo.
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@gs5556 +1...I would also add the fact that is is common for electricians to install outlets upside down to identify a switched outlet... |
UL Testing for Plugs and Connectors I’ve tried the plug plugged in both ways in one of a convenience 15 amp wall outlet in the house. I really didn’t notice any appreciable difference with the ground up. Strong holding contact pressure of a receptacle will hold the blades and ground pin of the plug the best. The old style, (hasn’t been made for years), Hubbell HBL8300/8200 slender compact body style hospital grade duplex receptacle had/has great holding contact pressure. Hard to push the plug in the outlet and just as hard to pull the plug out of the outlet. My Son gave me an Audioquest 20A duplex outlet several years ago for my birthday. Its resists being plugged into with a passion. Worse, once a plug is plugged in, it’s heck to pull it out of receptacle outlet. There have been times I though I would have to set on the floor with with one foot on each side of the outlet and pull on the plug with both hands. Now that’s strong contact holding pressure! You don’t want to install the Audioquest outlet behind your equipment rack. FYI, I would not recommend the Audioquest outlet for an old work deep switch cut-in box with ears where only the drywall and a pair of box drywall supports hold the outlet box in place. Plugging a plug in will probably push the outlet box back into the wall. OR pulling the plug out of the outlet will cause the box drywall supports to cut through the paper of the drywall on the backside and the front of the drywall, pulling the box out of the wall. If you use a Audioquest outlet the outlet box needs to be firmly fastened to a wall stud. . |
I agree with point @gs5556 made, however there is a flipp side to it. If the plug does get pulled/pushed out to some degree, in the ground up position there is a chance that the ground disconnects and the flat prongs stay attached (someone to be unnamed, not yourself of course) steps on cord and partially dislodges the plug thus providing no ground protection. What is worse losing power, or losing ground and being unprotected. Both ground up and ground down have risks. The best solution as many have said is hospital grade receptacles. The same risks exist, just a little less likely. |
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