[BC] Flipped outlets.

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 All such switched outlets should be split in two (easily done by removing a
small jumper tab) so that one half is switched and the other is continuous.
This way you have both.  This is such a useful improvement I think it should
be required in the code but contractors oppose spending even the little
extra it would cost to run three-wire cable instead of two.

  - Nat

On 8/15/06, Bob Foxworth <rfoxwor1 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
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> Regarding AC outlets, I moved into a townhome in Tampa,
> built in 1997, that had some of the wall outlets installed with the
> ground pin facing up. I originally thought it was carelessness,
> but soon discovered that each outlet with the pin down was
> one that was continuously energized, and the outlets with
> the ground pin facing up were those that were fed through
> a wall switch, intended for such as reading lamps in the
> corner. In my spare bedroom is my computer, which is
> fed through one of those switched outlets. I've installed
> one of those little plastic brackets that keep the outlet
> from being manually switched off, but everything is
> fed through breakered power strips.
> - Bob
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