Electrical Code Question

[Tom Donalek]

When I read the question, I just assumed that non-sqaure boxes are usually oriented vertically, simply becuase it's a bit more secure to attach the long edge to the stud. But I can think of lots of outlets, particularly in bathrooms and kitchens above cabinets where the outlet box has been oriented horizontally. I could check in my copy of the Chicago Building Code, but it is it's own idiosyncratic little world...

[jim barter]

I'm an electrical inspector for the province of New Brunswick and there is no code rule for orientation other than in hospitals and campgrounds in the Canadian Electrical Code . The hospitals require the ground pin to be up and if horizontal the neutral side is to be up. Camp ground also require the ground pin up.