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| SNAAAKE:
Okay this is REALLY weird but my house doesnt have ANY grounded 3 pin outlet...what the heck ! ??? Now I just broke the top pin of the surge protector and it works. thats how I connected my computer and everything else BUT my cabinet has a 27" monitor,a computer,ps2,dreamcast,gamecube,marque,speakers and some other shiz. so the question is,would it matter if I broke the top pin of the surge protector(cabinet's) ? Got this new one yesterday and the manual says "DO NOT connect to ungrounded outlet" Now I dont want to fry anything so wanted to make sure. anyone have anything for me on this? :) Kinda worried... :( |
| HeadRusch:
Snake, dont take this the wrong way but, you're insane to break the ground plug off... Go to Home Depot and buy a 3pin to 2 pin converter...it has a little ground "dongle" you can can screw to the screw holding your faceplate on the plug. The smart move would be to replace your 2 prong with 3 prong grounded outlets tho... |
| rampy:
--- Quote from: HeadRusch on June 22, 2003, 07:33:35 pm ---Snake, dont take this the wrong way but, you're insane to break the ground plug off... Go to Home Depot and buy a 3pin to 2 pin converter...it has a little ground "dongle" you can can screw to the screw holding your faceplate on the plug. The smart move would be to replace your 2 prong with 3 prong grounded outlets tho... --- End quote --- HeadRusch is right... it's usually a daft move to cut off the third grounding plug. Now generally nothing bad (tm) will happen, but it IS there for safety's sake and by having a "lifted" ground you are asking for trouble. Example: last weekend we were working on my buddies cab, which had the ground prong removed and whenever he'd hit the power switch on the cabinet he'd get bit with 120vac. same thing happened when he touched some other ground in the cabinet ... We bought a replacment receptacle and put it on and ran an extension cord to a "good" 3 prong outlet in the house and the shocking ceased =P The correct way, as HS pointed out if you don't have grounded outlets is to use the little grey adapters and screw in the face plate screw thingie... but i'm not an electrician so YMMV and your house wiring could be screwy... Rampy |
| SNAAAKE:
yeah but this surge protector manual says "don't use converter either". I get it from home depot right? I actually have my computer and everything else running like that though..no problem so far. any link to the adapter/converter ? I could always search but didnt find any so far ! :( thanks HS and Rampy. |
| 1UP:
Snaaake, dude, EVERYTHING that comes with a 3-prong cord also comes with a warning that says NOT to plug it in an ungrounded outlet! I'm no electrician, but I've got to imagine that using a 2-pring adapter is better than nothing. Hopefully, at least the outlet box itself is connected to an earth ground somewhere. Otherwise, you might want to call an electrician to put in at least one good outlet in your house... |
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