WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.031 That’s right, the electrical outlet we all know  and put up with here in North America 00:00:05.031 --> 00:00:07.880 is usually installed upside-down. 00:00:07.880 --> 00:00:12.182 Some of you might be making a face very similar to these right now, 00:00:12.182 --> 00:00:16.866 but the fact is this common orientation is starting to get some pushback. 00:00:16.866 --> 00:00:20.252 Take a look at the packaging of new receptacles in the store. 00:00:20.252 --> 00:00:25.640 They nearly all show the outlet with the ground connection on top of live and neutral. 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:30.060 The markings on the receptacles themselves also imply that this should be the top. 00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:36.262 In fact for a while now there has been something of a… pressure campaign, I guess you would say,   00:00:36.262 --> 00:00:40.351 to retcon what’s normal and make you question reality. 00:00:40.351 --> 00:00:46.380 This manufacturer has clearly obliged - they even take care to package them with the ground connection at the top. 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:53.340 The practice of treating the ground pin as the top  of the receptacle supposedly began in hospitals. 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:54.659 Why? 00:00:54.659 --> 00:00:58.448 Well, the common “face” orientation we typically find 00:00:58.448 --> 00:01:04.436 is actually somewhat dangerous thanks to the many design flaws of the NEMA receptacle and plug. 00:01:04.436 --> 00:01:11.099 Inverting the outlet certainly doesn’t fix those flaws, but it does reduce the risk of some possible calamities. 00:01:11.099 --> 00:01:14.878 So you will sometimes hear that this is technically incorrect, 00:01:14.878 --> 00:01:20.003 and that installing the outlet with the ground pins up is the proper way to do it. 00:01:21.441 --> 00:01:23.964 There’s just one small problem, here: 00:01:23.964 --> 00:01:26.042 nobody cares! 00:01:26.042 --> 00:01:27.652 I don’t care. 00:01:27.652 --> 00:01:29.911 Most electricians don’t seem to care. 00:01:29.911 --> 00:01:35.526 And I honestly think you don’t need to or in fact should care. 00:01:35.526 --> 00:01:38.022 That’s right, this is a debunk. 00:01:38.022 --> 00:01:43.931 While there is some truth to the idea that the ground-down orientation is not ideal, 00:01:43.931 --> 00:01:46.033 and don’t worry I’ll show you why, 00:01:46.033 --> 00:01:51.803 there are many confounding issues here which make advocating for its inverse, 00:01:51.803 --> 00:01:56.170 to put it mildly, pedantic and/or paranoid. 00:01:56.170 --> 00:01:58.321 At least, in my opinion. 00:01:58.321 --> 00:02:03.364 If you suddenly woke up and found someone had turned all your outlets around in the middle of the night, 00:02:03.364 --> 00:02:06.730 it would be irrelevant the vast majority of the time, 00:02:06.730 --> 00:02:12.403 maybe very slightly safer in a few extremely specific scenarios, 00:02:12.403 --> 00:02:19.200 and the rest of the time it would be supremely irritating and, in fact, introduce some new risks of its own. 00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:24.504 The first order of business we have on the agenda today is rules. 00:02:24.504 --> 00:02:27.730 Because there actually aren’t any about this. 00:02:27.730 --> 00:02:34.860 Peruse the National Electric Code all you want and you won’t find a specific rule for how this receptacle type should be oriented.   00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:42.702 There are plenty of rules regarding spacing along  walls and what kind of outlet can be used in what circumstances 00:02:42.702 --> 00:02:45.864 but as far as how you wanna install this guy in the wall? 00:02:45.864 --> 00:02:47.544 Totally up to you. 00:02:47.544 --> 00:02:52.602 It’s so up to you that here in Chicagoland we like to install them sideways. 00:02:52.602 --> 00:02:58.921 Nearly every home I’ve ever been in around here has ‘em installed just like this. 00:02:58.921 --> 00:03:01.380 And you’re right, the hot blade is on top! 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:04.788 I’m not entirely sure why this is common here 00:03:04.788 --> 00:03:11.005 but it probably has something to do with the fact that all electrical work has to be done in conduit until you get pretty far away from the city,   00:03:11.005 --> 00:03:16.995 so we don't get to just nail plastic wall boxes to studs and run Romex around the place like the rest of you can 00:03:16.995 --> 00:03:20.580 and for some reason this orientation sticks around like deep dish pizza. 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:22.924 Anyway, that’s not important. 00:03:22.924 --> 00:03:27.740 What is important is that there isn’t a definite right or wrong here. 00:03:27.740 --> 00:03:31.360 And, on a gut level, you probably already knew that. 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.089 Just look at the test and reset buttons on a GFCI outlet. 00:03:35.089 --> 00:03:41.876 These words aren’t printed both ways just for grins and giggles, the manufacturer knows it could be installed either — 00:03:41.876 --> 00:03:44.497 or indeed neither — way. 00:03:44.497 --> 00:03:48.335 And in case that’s not convincing, take a look at this fancy thing I found. 00:03:48.335 --> 00:03:52.143 This duplex receptacle features both orientations! 00:03:52.143 --> 00:03:54.510 Good luck picking just one. 00:03:54.510 --> 00:03:55.584 So. 00:03:55.584 --> 00:03:58.323 What’s the deal with the whole discourse, then? 00:03:58.323 --> 00:04:01.417 Why do some folks insist that we should turn this… 00:04:01.417 --> 00:04:03.720 frown upside-down? 00:04:04.500 --> 00:04:06.620 Well, there are two main reasons. 00:04:06.620 --> 00:04:13.095 Both of which ultimately stem from the fact that the design of this plug and its receptacle is bad. 00:04:13.095 --> 00:04:18.827 The blades aren’t sleeved with any insulating material, and when the plug is partially inserted 00:04:18.827 --> 00:04:23.372 it becomes live despite the conductive blades remaining ever-so-touchable. 00:04:23.372 --> 00:04:26.580 Especially when you have small fingers like a child does. 00:04:27.780 --> 00:04:29.126 It’s not great. 00:04:29.126 --> 00:04:32.710 But! If the outlet were simply rotated 180 degrees, 00:04:32.710 --> 00:04:38.700 the risk of accidentally touching the live blade as you insert or remove the plug becomes muchly mitigated! 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:43.740 See, now the ground pin is on top, so it’s a lot harder to get your thumb in there. 00:04:44.460 --> 00:04:47.091 Except… well, two things. 00:04:47.091 --> 00:04:52.746 One, when I hold onto a plug I’ve usually got my index finger curled around the bottom. 00:04:52.746 --> 00:04:55.974 So if I were plugging something into an outlet like this, 00:04:55.974 --> 00:05:00.806 my thumb might be a bit safer but I could still get zapped down below. 00:05:00.806 --> 00:05:02.704 But perhaps more importantly — 00:05:02.704 --> 00:05:06.494 not all plugs even have a ground pin, do they? 00:05:06.494 --> 00:05:09.862 For this plug it doesn’t make a lick of difference where the ground pin is 00:05:09.862 --> 00:05:11.822 because it’s not there! 00:05:11.822 --> 00:05:19.090 So I don’t really buy reducing shock risk from simply handling the plug as a reason to invert the receptacle. 00:05:19.090 --> 00:05:23.625 It’s not the most commonly cited reason to avoid the “face” orientation, 00:05:23.625 --> 00:05:30.519 and in fact I’m having a hard time tracking down a solid source of that case being made but I swear I’ve run across it before 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:32.843 and besides it’s a good lead-in to this side note: 00:05:32.843 --> 00:05:41.677 Side-note, there is a weird difference between three-prong plugs and two-prong plugs that I hadn’t really given any thought about until it was pointed out to me. 00:05:41.677 --> 00:05:45.460 If you ever come across something with a very old power cord, 00:05:45.460 --> 00:05:50.849 you’ll find that our plugs used to be much worse and outright terrifying. 00:05:50.849 --> 00:05:52.975 Look at the plug on this old tape recorder. 00:05:52.975 --> 00:05:59.865 There’s hardly any clearance between the metal blades and the plastic body, and there isn’t much of a grip to grab hold of, either. 00:05:59.865 --> 00:06:03.035 And I’ve actually seen some even worse than this. 00:06:03.035 --> 00:06:07.527 Over the years we made the two-prong plug at least a little bit safer 00:06:07.527 --> 00:06:13.666 by flaring the plastic body out towards the end and adding this lip for even more clearance. 00:06:13.666 --> 00:06:19.500 But… grounded plugs largely haven’t  gotten that particular memo for some reason. 00:06:20.340 --> 00:06:27.245 This power supply cord has its plug blades  barely any further from the edge than the 50 year old tape recorder. 00:06:27.245 --> 00:06:30.770 And… that’s all kinds of weird! 00:06:30.770 --> 00:06:36.652 It has gotten a little better - this power strip's plug has a bit more meat around the blades. 00:06:36.652 --> 00:06:40.364 But it's still not quite as much as a standard two-pronger. 00:06:40.364 --> 00:06:43.983 I suppose maybe this makes them fit better into power strips 00:06:43.983 --> 00:06:50.334 (or maybe some other application would be messed up if the plug shape were modified to be closer to the two-pronged plug). 00:06:50.334 --> 00:06:53.462 Whatever the reason, it means that, ironically, 00:06:53.462 --> 00:06:58.753 cords meant to introduce an element of safety by way of grounding the appliance they’re connected to 00:06:58.753 --> 00:07:03.300 often make the process of plugging and unplugging  that appliance just a little bit spicier. 00:07:04.020 --> 00:07:10.543 However, holding the plug wrong and getting a nice little shock from it isn’t the only problem we face. 00:07:10.543 --> 00:07:16.032 There’s also the issue of partially-inserted plugs and foreign objects. 00:07:16.032 --> 00:07:22.839 Again, this plug is bad, and even if nobody’s had  a shocking time of it and it’s inserted perfectly well, 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:26.151 it can nevertheless become slightly dislodged. 00:07:26.151 --> 00:07:32.188 This plug is still reaching far enough in to make contact with the live conductors in the receptacle, 00:07:32.188 --> 00:07:35.745 but look at all that room we have for things to sneak in there. 00:07:35.745 --> 00:07:37.344 Things like keys, 00:07:37.344 --> 00:07:38.589 or coins, 00:07:38.589 --> 00:07:40.038 or scissors, 00:07:40.038 --> 00:07:41.280 or knives. 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:44.719 [metal clanging] Do you have any idea how many games of 00:07:44.719 --> 00:07:49.146 “throw the knives at the wall” have been ruined thanks to these terrible plugs? 00:07:49.146 --> 00:07:50.844 It’s at least one. 00:07:50.844 --> 00:07:54.665 If a flat metal object manages to slip into this little crack, 00:07:54.665 --> 00:07:56.667 it can bridge those pins and poof! 00:07:56.667 --> 00:07:57.256 [poof] 00:07:57.256 --> 00:08:01.059 You’ve tripped a circuit breaker and made a nasty char mark on the wall. 00:08:01.059 --> 00:08:04.098 Or possibly, if things go terribly wrong, 00:08:04.098 --> 00:08:04.860 started a fire. 00:08:05.640 --> 00:08:10.067 Of course, outside of Boston, most people don’t play “throw the knives at the wall.” 00:08:10.067 --> 00:08:12.120 But that doesn’t mean there’s no risk for the rest of us! 00:08:12.780 --> 00:08:15.577 Remember when I said this plug design is bad? 00:08:15.577 --> 00:08:17.550 Yeah, me too, but also - 00:08:17.550 --> 00:08:20.727 the wall plate design is bad. 00:08:20.727 --> 00:08:25.123 There are a few variations but the most basic wall plate for a duplex receptacle 00:08:25.123 --> 00:08:28.800 is held on with a single screw which attaches right here. 00:08:29.640 --> 00:08:34.375 Wall plates are usually plastic these days, but they haven’t always been. 00:08:34.375 --> 00:08:39.250 Metal wall plates used to be quite common, and they’re still used from time to time today. 00:08:39.250 --> 00:08:44.744 If the single screw holding it on backs out with time or in some other way fails, 00:08:44.744 --> 00:08:51.473 the wall plate could fall onto the live and neutral pin of a partially dislodged plug and short it out. 00:08:51.473 --> 00:08:53.040 Again, not good. 00:08:53.820 --> 00:08:57.187 But the risk of a short circuit isn’t the only problem. 00:08:57.187 --> 00:09:02.650 Imagine you’re working on some sort of home improvement project and you whip out one of these bad boys.   00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:06.564 Now imagine you’re taking a measurement of the length of a wall, 00:09:06.564 --> 00:09:11.338 and you’ve got a boombox or something plugged into an outlet on that wall you’re measuring. 00:09:11.338 --> 00:09:15.949 You bumped the cord a little while back and didn’t see that the plug became dislodged, 00:09:15.949 --> 00:09:18.090 and as you cast your tape to the wind - 00:09:18.090 --> 00:09:20.728 a tape that is metal, mind you. 00:09:20.728 --> 00:09:25.852 And droopy - it slips in that crack and lands on the live pin. 00:09:25.852 --> 00:09:26.643 Ouch. 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:30.343 Or, let’s say you’ve decided to lean like, I dunno, 00:09:30.343 --> 00:09:35.254 a file or a square or a yardstick or something up against the wall next to an outlet. 00:09:35.254 --> 00:09:38.418 If it, too, suffers from partial dislodgement syndrome, 00:09:38.418 --> 00:09:43.020 that yardstick could fall onto the live pin and become live itself. 00:09:43.680 --> 00:09:47.197 Say a prayer for the person who reaches to pick it up next. 00:09:47.197 --> 00:09:52.011 If only the receptacle had been rotated 180 degrees! 00:09:52.011 --> 00:09:58.551 Then the ground pin would be at the top and even a loose plug would be less likely to start a fire or hurt someone 00:09:58.551 --> 00:10:01.200 in these extremely specific scenarios I’ve just described. 00:10:01.800 --> 00:10:04.739 Actually, when the ground pin is up top, 00:10:04.739 --> 00:10:08.505 the plug is less likely to become dislodged in the first place! 00:10:08.505 --> 00:10:12.240 The ground pin is longer and reaches deeper into the receptacle 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:19.140 in order to ensure it’s the first to make contact upon plug insertion  and the last to break contact on removal. 00:10:19.800 --> 00:10:22.457 That makes it something of a pivot point. 00:10:22.457 --> 00:10:29.832 If it’s on the bottom, then a downward force on the plug will easily pull the shorter live and neutral pins out somewhat. 00:10:29.832 --> 00:10:34.179 But if it’s on the top, it takes more force to get it to budge. 00:10:34.179 --> 00:10:40.012 Plus, once it does budge, the other two pins are jammed right up against the receptacle face. 00:10:40.012 --> 00:10:42.120 Thus they remain mostly untouchable. 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:47.681 Seems like we have a pretty solid reason to install these ground-up, right? 00:10:47.681 --> 00:10:51.368 I’d probably never trip a breaker when playing "throw the knives at the wall," 00:10:51.368 --> 00:10:56.472 a falling metal wall plate would simply land on the ground pin so no harm no foul. 00:10:56.472 --> 00:11:03.229 And measuring walls with a tape measure and even leaning long flat metal objects against them become safer activities, too! 00:11:03.229 --> 00:11:04.260 What’s not to like? 00:11:05.400 --> 00:11:07.920 Well, you probably know what I’m gonna say next.   00:11:08.520 --> 00:11:12.041 Not all plugs have a ground prong, Harold. 00:11:12.041 --> 00:11:18.609 This One Weird Trick will do absolutely nothing for ANY of these scenarios we’ve gone through 00:11:18.609 --> 00:11:22.672 if the loose plug in question was one of these fellas. 00:11:22.672 --> 00:11:24.606 And that’s a lot of plugs! 00:11:24.606 --> 00:11:28.440 The majority in my life have only two prongs and I doubt I’m alone. 00:11:29.160 --> 00:11:30.670 “Aha!” you say 00:11:30.670 --> 00:11:35.363 “but why would you be against reducing the risk in the circumstances in which it could be reduced? 00:11:35.363 --> 00:11:37.860 What exactly is the problem with a ground-up outlet?” 00:11:38.640 --> 00:11:40.496 I’ll tell you what the problem is: 00:11:40.496 --> 00:11:42.838 They don’t make very good hamburgers. 00:11:42.838 --> 00:11:46.725 But also, it’s the mere existence of these: 00:11:46.725 --> 00:11:48.660 right-angle plugs. 00:11:48.660 --> 00:11:50.162 Maybe it’s a plug-in timer, 00:11:50.162 --> 00:11:52.349 maybe it’s the GFCI thing on a hair drier, 00:11:52.349 --> 00:11:53.586 maybe it’s a smart plug, 00:11:53.586 --> 00:11:55.380 maybe it's the venerable Kill-A-Watt, 00:11:55.380 --> 00:11:56.478 or a nice power strip, 00:11:56.478 --> 00:11:57.876 or an appliance cord, 00:11:58.260 --> 00:12:05.911 I have yet to encounter one of these which doesn’t assume the ground pin will be below live and neutral 00:12:05.911 --> 00:12:11.999 (or, if it’s a polarized but ungrounded cord, that the wider neutral blade will be on the left). 00:12:11.999 --> 00:12:15.047 Unless it’s fancy enough to have one of those swiveling plugs, 00:12:15.047 --> 00:12:21.900 the cord would point straight up when inserted into an  outlet with the supposedly superior orientation. 00:12:22.920 --> 00:12:27.064 This reason alone is enough to get me to say 00:12:27.064 --> 00:12:28.076 “nahhh” 00:12:28.076 --> 00:12:30.586 to the idea of flipping the outlet around. 00:12:30.586 --> 00:12:36.637 There are just far too many products out there which would become absolutely horrid to use. 00:12:36.637 --> 00:12:39.893 And not just from aesthetics, but from function as well! 00:12:39.893 --> 00:12:46.260 Cable management is a lot harder when the cord just wants to flail about -  and then this becomes a tripping hazard! 00:12:46.800 --> 00:12:54.545 Unless and until devices start getting shipped with right angle plugs that support the ground-up receptacle orientation, 00:12:54.545 --> 00:13:01.398 attempting to paint this as “correct” is, to me anyway, utter nonsense. 00:13:01.398 --> 00:13:04.157 Luckily for us and our sideways outlets, 00:13:04.157 --> 00:13:06.465 right-angle plugs work no matter what! 00:13:06.465 --> 00:13:10.577 Here’s how my computer’s power strip is plugged into the outlet under my desk. 00:13:10.577 --> 00:13:12.420 It’s a bit cheeky but it’s doin’ the trick. 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:13.874 But wait! 00:13:13.874 --> 00:13:15.048 There’s more! 00:13:15.048 --> 00:13:20.685 Right-angle plugs greatly reduce the risk of a cord getting dislodged in the first place. 00:13:20.685 --> 00:13:24.554 Our plugs only get droopy like this for two reasons: 00:13:24.554 --> 00:13:28.587 A) the receptacle is badly worn out and it’s not gripping the prongs well 00:13:28.587 --> 00:13:33.841 so over time gravity pulls down on the cord and it pivots away from the wall and/or 00:13:33.841 --> 00:13:36.354 2) they get bumped. 00:13:36.354 --> 00:13:39.559 A right-angle plug solves both of those problems by 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:42.416 1) being more difficult to bump into and 00:13:42.416 --> 00:13:46.064 B) the weight of its cord pulls straight down 00:13:46.064 --> 00:13:54.184 and thus it naturally hangs from this position without relying much at all on the friction between the blades of the plug and the receptacle itself. 00:13:54.184 --> 00:14:00.803 It takes quite a strong downward yank on the cord just to get it to start backing out. 00:14:00.803 --> 00:14:04.740 Yet when the same cord is plugged into an inverted outlet, 00:14:05.640 --> 00:14:11.400 it’s trying to come out all on its own thanks  to all its weight pulling it away from the wall. 00:14:12.180 --> 00:14:17.467 So if you ask me, right-angle plugs which assume  the ground pin will be at the bottom 00:14:17.467 --> 00:14:21.709 are not only a reason to just ignore the whole upside-down outlet argument, 00:14:21.709 --> 00:14:29.075 but right-angle plugs themselves are also a pretty good solution to the problems inverting the outlet attempts to solve! 00:14:29.839 --> 00:14:34.219 Assuming, that is, they don’t completely oppose the orientation of the receptacle.   00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:39.609 Honestly, it’s awfully strange how most of our power cords 00:14:39.609 --> 00:14:44.005 just stick straight out from the wall a bit, isn’t it? 00:14:44.005 --> 00:14:46.560 Seems like we’re just asking for trouble most of the time. 00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:50.850 Oh, and right-angle plugs don’t even need to be grounded - 00:14:50.850 --> 00:14:54.685 here’s an ungrounded extension cord with a right-angle plug. 00:14:54.685 --> 00:15:00.240 It stays flush with the wall so is less likely to get bumped, and the weight of its cord won’t try to pull it out.   00:15:00.900 --> 00:15:05.145 And yeah, the manufacturer put the cord at a 45 degree angle 00:15:05.145 --> 00:15:11.913 so that no matter what orientation your receptacles happen to be, the cord is at least marginally well-organized. 00:15:11.913 --> 00:15:16.008 Plus it avoids issues with two of them being used with the same receptacle. 00:15:16.008 --> 00:15:19.016 If there’s something you should be advocating for, 00:15:19.016 --> 00:15:22.380 I would say it would be making the right-angle plugs the default. 00:15:23.040 --> 00:15:25.898 But maybe not this particular design. 00:15:25.898 --> 00:15:28.367 Or indeed several others. 00:15:28.367 --> 00:15:32.121 The main downside of right-angle plugs is that they are harder to use, 00:15:32.121 --> 00:15:34.082 especially to unplug. 00:15:34.082 --> 00:15:42.987 And, the slimmest among them make brushing against the prongs even more likely since you kind of have to dig your nails into the sides for a good grip. 00:15:43.849 --> 00:15:48.948 It’s actually quite strange how much of a Wild West plug design is over here. 00:15:48.948 --> 00:15:52.493 These two variants are certainly the most common these days, 00:15:52.493 --> 00:15:56.371 but when it comes to right-angle plugs, anything goes apparently. 00:15:56.371 --> 00:16:00.161 He’s a replacement lamp cord plug and its wires go out the side! 00:16:00.780 --> 00:16:04.212 So, again, if there’s something we oughta work on, 00:16:04.212 --> 00:16:08.372 I’d say it’s getting the plug ducks in a row first. 00:16:08.372 --> 00:16:12.480 It might also be worth looking into  sleeving the blades like many other countries do. 00:16:13.140 --> 00:16:19.187 Whether that can be done without breaking compatibility with the installed base of receptacles is the real question, 00:16:19.187 --> 00:16:20.820 and I hope somebody’s looking into it. 00:16:21.420 --> 00:16:27.219 In the meantime, don’t get too hung up on the  upside down or right-side up issue. 00:16:27.219 --> 00:16:30.963 As we see around Chicago, it's not even a binary. 00:16:31.649 --> 00:16:35.741 As ever, use caution when plugging and unplugging things from the wall. 00:16:35.741 --> 00:16:39.098 And now that you’re aware of this issue (if you weren't already), 00:16:39.098 --> 00:16:40.560 hopefully you’ll look out for it. 00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:43.125 Although. 00:16:43.125 --> 00:16:50.956 I do just want to point out that I spent 15 minutes throwing knives at the wall trying to slot one in, 00:16:50.956 --> 00:16:56.751 and although I came close, in the end I had to resort to movie magic and stage the thing. 00:16:56.751 --> 00:16:58.806 Take from that what you will. 00:16:58.806 --> 00:17:01.924 And if for some reason you feel you still can’t trust yourself, 00:17:01.924 --> 00:17:04.089 why not pick up some of these? 00:17:04.708 --> 00:17:05.956 They work for children. 00:17:05.956 --> 00:17:07.534 For a while, anyway. 00:17:08.419 --> 00:17:11.513 Thanks for watching, stay safe out there, be reasonable, 00:17:11.513 --> 00:17:13.110 and eat your vegetables. 00:17:13.906 --> 00:17:16.545 ♫ pedantically smooth jazz ♫ 00:17:18.101 --> 00:17:23.729 Hey, just so you know there’s gonna be a Connextras follow-up to this on tamper-resistant receptacles. 00:17:23.729 --> 00:17:31.021 They are now a code requirement for new construction and I thought that they largely fix many of the problems we've been talking about 00:17:31.021 --> 00:17:35.605 but I did a sanity check and revealed that, uh, not all designs do so. 00:17:35.605 --> 00:17:38.312 Gonna talk about that over on the second channel if you’re interested. 00:17:40.834 --> 00:17:44.049 It would be irrelevant in the vast majority of the time, oh. 00:17:44.049 --> 00:17:45.389 [frustration sounds] 00:17:46.672 --> 00:17:48.772 Good job, Steve, copying that. 00:17:48.772 --> 00:17:51.600 There is a weird difference between three plong bleuh 00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:54.951 I knew that was gonna be hard to say. 00:17:54.951 --> 00:17:56.198 Imagine you’re working on 00:17:56.198 --> 00:17:56.698 [clears throat] 00:17:56.698 --> 00:17:58.291 blahbittybloobitybuddeh 00:17:58.291 --> 00:17:59.435 Imagine you’re working on - 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.120 Say a prayer for the next person who  reaches to pick up the next… what? 00:18:05.040 --> 00:18:10.623 But holding the plug wrong and getting a  nice little shock from it isn’t the only problem we face. 00:18:12.725 --> 00:18:15.838 Some of them include a receptacle that’s not cooperating. 00:18:15.838 --> 00:18:19.008 …power strip is plugged into the outlet under my desk at home. 00:18:19.406 --> 00:18:20.391 It’s a beet cheek… 00:18:23.444 --> 00:18:25.347 OK, so hopefully we can put this issue to rest. 00:18:25.347 --> 00:18:31.417 Seriously, it irks me so much how apparently nobody considers right-angle plugs OR the fact that the "fix" doesn't do anything at all when two-prongers are in-use. 00:18:31.417 --> 00:18:34.653 In hindsight, the Chicago arrangement with neutral on top might be the best... 00:18:34.653 --> 00:18:37.508 But seriously, word to the wise, deep dish is for tourists, mostly. 00:18:37.508 --> 00:18:38.841 Look up tavern style. 00:18:38.841 --> 00:18:39.718 That's the real Chicago pizza.