In a message dated 2/2/2001 4:46:22 PM,
keithw@... writes:
>The convention with electrical wireing in the UK is always
>UP = OFF
As others have said, this isn't the standard in the US which is UP = ON. It
may just be due to living here all my life, but the US standard does seem
more intuitive in the direction of the switch goes towards the (ceiling)
light source -- and kind of a binary mnemonic UP = 1.
Now, if only the US could learn to pronounce my middle name.
John Warwick Barlow