I recently moved into a new place with only two prong outlets. I am aware of the basic concerns with not having grounded outlets for sensitive electronics (my gaming PC in particular). My landlady kindly offered to get a guy to run a ground wire and install a GFCI outlet, but my surge protector is showing that the outlet is still improperly grounded.
After using a GFCI outlet tester, I found that there was a ground present and the wires are all properly configured. This means that there is a ground, just not a very good one, according to my surge protector. I traced the ground wire outside to a cold water pipe (water hose hook up) that the guy had clamped it to. Also on this pipe was a Comcast ground wire from the cable box, so those guys must have thought it was a decent ground as well.
Unfortunately, my surge protector does not seem to think so, although I am not sure what kind of standards the surge protector expects. So, at this point I'm wondering if it is safe to plug my desktop into the surge protector that's plugged into the GFCI, which seems to be grounded, though not well. Any input?
After using a GFCI outlet tester, I found that there was a ground present and the wires are all properly configured. This means that there is a ground, just not a very good one, according to my surge protector. I traced the ground wire outside to a cold water pipe (water hose hook up) that the guy had clamped it to. Also on this pipe was a Comcast ground wire from the cable box, so those guys must have thought it was a decent ground as well.
Unfortunately, my surge protector does not seem to think so, although I am not sure what kind of standards the surge protector expects. So, at this point I'm wondering if it is safe to plug my desktop into the surge protector that's plugged into the GFCI, which seems to be grounded, though not well. Any input?
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