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| The Man:
--- Quote from: Peale on June 24, 2003, 01:16:10 pm ---If you take the faceplate off, check the wiring. There should be three wires: one black, one white, and one unshielded copper. The black is ground, white neutral, and the copper is earth, IIRC. --- End quote --- Black is ground? Black is HOT! Call a professional. Chances are you have an older home and it will be quite expensive to remedy the situation. If you choose not to use a ground you will have hardware failures more frequently. |
| SirPeale:
--- Quote from: The Man on June 24, 2003, 02:29:23 pm --- --- Quote from: Peale on June 24, 2003, 01:16:10 pm ---If you take the faceplate off, check the wiring. There should be three wires: one black, one white, and one unshielded copper. The black is ground, white neutral, and the copper is earth, IIRC. --- End quote --- Black is ground? Black is HOT! Call a professional. Chances are you have an older home and it will be quite expensive to remedy the situation. If you choose not to use a ground you will have hardware failures more frequently. --- End quote --- Ah, crap I'm tired. That's what I meant. What he said. * Peale goes off to sleep before he gives more incorrect advice |
| hyiu:
when I move to my current home like 5 yrs ago... all my outlets only have 2 holes... no ground... the electrician re-do ALL the outlets so that it has 3 holes... (inlcuding the ground...) but according to my memory... he did not re-do the "wires".... so... from 2 hole to 3 hole... I'm pretty sure an electrician can just "re-wire the outlet".... but no need to layout new wires inside the wall.... well... How this is done... sorry... I don't know.... hmmm.... somehow... after writing all these... seems like my msg has no useful info.... hmmm... ok.. better shut up now... :P |
| Sasquatch!:
--- Quote from: Peale on June 24, 2003, 01:16:10 pm ---If you take the faceplate off, check the wiring. There should be three wires: one black, one white, and one unshielded copper. --- End quote --- --- Quote from: hyiu on June 24, 2003, 05:00:16 pm ---when I move to my current home like 5 yrs ago... all my outlets only have 2 holes... no ground... the electrician re-do ALL the outlets so that it has 3 holes... (inlcuding the ground...) but according to my memory... he did not re-do the "wires".... so... from 2 hole to 3 hole... I'm pretty sure an electrician can just "re-wire the outlet".... but no need to layout new wires inside the wall.... well... How this is done... sorry... I don't know.... --- End quote --- It is very possible to have a proper earth ground without an extra wire. In my house, ground is connected to the aluminum conduit that runs to all of the outlets (it's actually a huge copper wire that comes off of the break box and terminates at my cold water pipe). This means that all of the conduit, as well as all of the outlet boxes themselves (provided that they're METAL outlet boxes and not plastic, of course) are grounded. Viola, no need to run extra wiring for ground. |
| Zeitgeist:
Most good surge protectors now a days have a green led that lights up when a ground is present. Get one of these & there will be no questions as to if you're outlets are properly grounded on not. Z |
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