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How do those 2 to 3 prong grounding adapters work?
I recently moved to an older rental. Almost all of the outlets are two prong. So I purchased some 3 prong adapters and an outlet tester.
When I just stuck the adapter in, the tester showed the connection as ungrounded. As soon as I screwed the adapter to wall plate with the wall plate screw, the tester showed I had a "correct" (grounded) connection.
In lay terms, how does one little screw accomplish this task?
Is this grounded adapter as good as a regular 3 prong grounded connection?
it doesnt mean squat.
the box is not grounded 90% of the time in an old home if it only has 2 wires going to it. the tester showed open ground and the outlet was wired correct. the outlet has a metal bracket that holds it together, that bracket has contact with the netural side of the outlet. the netural side of wiring is in contact with the ground bar in the panel. (new Panel installs have changed) so the tester showed it was grounded (through the netural) if the outlet was wired in reverse (hot to netural side) the tester would have showed reversed connection and open ground. Sometimes i cheat and put a 3-prong outlet in there and connect a jumper wire from the netural side of the outlet to the ground screw on the outlet. Everyone will say different and how bad that is but its worked for 20yrs for me. its no different than using the adapter. they both give you the asumption that its "grounded"
Now if you have the outlet reversed wired and you try to do the jumper.. it'll spark and blow the breaker-so you need to know forsure which is the netural
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Grounding Adapter + Surge Protector? Does it work?
I recently rented an old rental and discovered that almost all of the outlets were two pronged. The only three pronged outlets are one for the wall AC, one under the sign for the garbage disposal, and one on the kitchen sink counter. It appears to be a GFCI wall plate.
First question: Can I plug a multiple tap device into the kitchen GFCI wall plate, or would this defeat the safety function of the GFCI?
Second question: If install grounding adapters at the two prong plates, would I be able to plug in a multiple prong surge protector power strip? (Let's assume that the test strip shows that the adapter is grounded).
Thank you.
p.s. I realize I may need to call in a qualified electrician to deal with this, but your responses will at least enable me to ask the right questions and have a handle on what I am dealing with.
http://ssvec.org/CustomerService/IsYourHomeReady.asp
This link suggests one could install a GFCI, and then plug in a surge protector to that.
You should buy a cheap voltage tester and test for a ground small slot on outlet is hot put one lead in there and other lead on middle screw if you get voltage you have a ground and can use a adapter or can change plug to grounded type if you dont have a ground you should change the outlet to a GFCI plug
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