Good question Mike, no it does not. It seems to be territorial. I whole heartedly disagree with Rex Cauldwell on this. In his book on electrical work, he prefers it be on top. Why? Because just in cause you have a lamp plugged in the wall, a metal picture frame hanging above it that falls, it will hit the ground first. OK, well, how many lamps carry a ground wire, what if it simply loosens it, if it did have a ground and bent the plug down disconnecting the ground leaving the neutral and hot live while giveng the user the false sense that it is grounded. What about gravity pulling the corded plug down. If ground is on top, it may disconnect ground by virtue of the angle at which the male prongs engage. The last contact that should be broken is ground. After that, it doesn't matter a hill of beans although I still think the ground on top looks silly. My vote goes for ground at the bottom if for no other reason then thats how we've just always done it. Folks back East tend to like it the other way and since there are more of them on this forum, they may tell you otherwise. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Rat...
