ahh, he's a artist / inventer/ secluded pissed off guy that hated pretty much everyone other than himself and a few others, I guess he started some under ground trends liek the flying eyeball and some murals that made it onto cars, that he became famous for.



well turns out he dies in 92 and the family wants to make a mil off of his popularity and sells all the rights to his images, signature insignias and such to anyone who is buying. Now the you see his name, and insignia's being paraded around by the very people that he had lived to hate. Implying the "kenneth howard hates you"

 

Your electrical plugs are upside down.



Keep it up.

 

I wuold've thought u would have a the entire snap on product line on display in your shop

 

I KNOW THEY ARE UPSIDE DOWN . My brother-in-law installed them.





I do have a limited amount of Snap-On, but now that I am married with children, I have to prioritze my tool purchases. I would rather have a wall of FACOM than Snap-on.

 

Actually, you can put them in either way. At least thats what I read in the local codes. If thats not the case I have a few hundred outlets to rewire



lol



GregW

 

So what's the deal with lacing cord? Advantages over the handy cable ties/zip ties?

 

i LIKE THEM, gROUND UP. Of course I am too lazy to look the code up

 

Zip Ties SUCK?



It is possible to over-tension a zip and crush a wire, causing an intermitant short. Almost impossible to overtension lacing cord.



The head of a zip tie sticks up higher than the knot on a lacing knot, which alleviates "catch points" on the harness



Good Zip ties are expensive compared to lacing cord (Not counting the labor aspect, in this Zip Ties are teh winnah!)



Pride in workmanship, even though 98% of the harness will never be viewed by anyone, I know its there and done to the best of my ability.

 

According to Canadian Standard of Electrical codes, whenever a receptacle is installed in an open wall (see the studs above his workbench?), the ground must be installed facing upwards. With the ground facing up, any material that can fall behind the wall will hit the ground of the receptacle first... if the plug is installed as shown, any conductive material that is dropped will hit the hot or the common and ground to the box... the momentary spark before the breaker trips can start a fire, especially in situations where wood panelling is installed over top. I imagine the US electrical code is identical on this subject, but I do not know for sure.



Open walls occur usually in unfinished basements and shops, and frequently above any channelled tile ceilings.







Its unlikely anything would ever happen, but in case Banzai decides to start throwing chisels and knives down his wall, its a valid safety concern.

 

Well, according to the NEC, you guys can install them any way you wish.



I always install them ground up in case anyone every drops/slips anything behind a cover plate.