I had a 1 Watt Fluorescent Night Light and it only lasted 3 Months (24/7) It was only switched one once (When I first plugged it in) The brand was Good Choice (I think I should rename the brand Bad Choice Lol!)
Oh I hope you flipped the picture over as otherwise your outlet is upside down

That is actually the code way to mount an outlet, ground up, it's more safe then ground down, because if something hits the metal prongs if the outlet is hanging out a little bit you would it rather hit the ground instead of the main electricity. Most people tend to install outlets ground down for some reason..

Code DOES NOT specify which way to orient receptacles, ground up is the better way however and I mount all of mine that way.

Niall is correct. Code allows either ground up or ground down. I personally prefer ground down although ground up is supposed to be safer.

I removed & replaced this receptacle upside-down so I can have it in the bottom socket (closer to the countertop, therefore more light to the sink where I need it) and still be able to turn it on & off when other things are plugged in (the plug is polarized, and the switch is a push button on top of the light). I too have heard about having the grounding pin on top for safety if the plug starts falling out, but then it looks like an upside-down face. The only other place I have an outlet upside-down in my house is in the kitchen, feeding the microwave (so the silly right-angle plug goes the right way).

I have seen receptacles installed ground up. But only in industrial buildings like schools or hospitals. BTW, I like those red and orange receptacles that you see in places like hospitals. I think orange is an isolated ground receptacle, and red is for outlets that are backed up by a generator in case of power outage. Correct me if I am wrong.

yep. Orange is for isolated ground. never knew they made red ones though...

I want to put orange ones in my room. But the guy at Graybar said i might not be able to. Something to do with the ground being different. I did buy 4 standard white receptacles and 4 white plastic backplates cause I need to replace the receptacles in my room cause the contacts are really loose. When I plug something in, the plug doesn't stay in very tight. It almost falls out of the receptacle. I also bought one gray receptacle, and a stainless steel backplate. I might install it in place of one of the white receptacles cause I like stainless steel backplates and other color receptacles instead of white. Gray, orange, and red have like a, industrial look to them. Idk lol. I just like them cause of the color.

You could install isolated ground receptacles no problem, it wouldn't be 100% to code but it would be safe enough as long as both ground screws are connected to the standard bonding (ground) wire, naturally the receptacle would not actually function as a isolated ground receptacle though.

I still don't understand the benefit of isolated ground though.

It reduces electrical "noise" for sensitive (and expensive/important) electronics that occur on the ground line, this explains it in a bit more depth.

Ah so it "purifies" the gound in a way so important and expensive equippement doesn't suffer interference?

More like it has a separate wire bonded only to the ground rod, and not a wire bonded to the neutral somewhere in the system. Means a lower noise on the ground, and still provides protection.

I use mine for 12v DC outlets that have the -- I plugs and it orange outlet to help identfi low voltage outlets while i can still plug in the old 110 volt table lamps runing 12 volt bulbs. I have -- ' -- the 240 volt plugs that is 24 volts DC and the standard plugs for 110 volts
inverter outlets. the next one is coming on line is 240 volts 50hz inverter outlets; this one will be fun as i can get play with UK and euro
lighting stuff in the future here in the US if i ever get ahold of some.