Do i need a Ground/Earth wall socket?

[Guest]

I just set up my computer in a new room but the room dosen't have any wall sockets with ground/earth. Can I plug my computer in to one of these non-earthed sockets, or should I pay an electrician to install an earthed socket?

One electrician told me its not neccessary but I prefer to ask here rather than to just take his advice.

Thanks
Zach

 

[Guest]

is the loss of the discharging of static a big problem?

 

[jammydodger]

It increases the chance of electric shock should a short circuit occur.

 

[Crashman]

There was a guy in here who got shocked every time he touched his system! There was an imbalance.

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[totalknowledge]

Depends on how much you don't want your components to get destroyed by static. To me its a big deal, to others they may like replacing components all the time. Not sure I understand the two posts before mine

 

[carlosb]

Get one it, protects most of your components. Additionally you could get a surge protector with noise filters to protect your system even more!

 

[delluser1]

Does anyone look at the dates on these posts ?

 

[totalknowledge]

Don't look at me, the spammer that got deleted necro'ed it.