no ground on electrical outlets in my apartment

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no ground on electrical outlets in my apartment #90363 04/14/05 02:07 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,351 Montreal ravi_singh OP connoisseur
OP ravi_singh connoisseur Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,351 Montreal	i'm quite sure this is rather serious: There are absolutely no grounded outlets in the entire building and no ground wires anywhere. they also won't put any in as it's too pricey. There are a few 3 prong outlets, however, but they are just there, not grounded. I have an axiom home theatre, a big screen tv and a laptop that I'm quite worried about. What I have done is I have a UPS plugged into the wall, and then a power bar off the UPS. I plug everything into the power bar. 1 - Is that enough protection (UPS then power bar) ? 2 - Would there be a way for me to ground one of these outlets? 3 - What events could cause problems due to the lack of ground? Static? Electrical storms? Spikes and dips in the voltage? thanks very much for all replies Ravi

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no ground on electrical outlets in my apartment	ravi_singh	04/14/05 02:07 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartment	AshBoomstick	04/14/05 02:45 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartment	ravi_singh	04/14/05 04:12 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartment	SpockTheater	04/14/05 04:15 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	Ken.C	04/14/05 05:27 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	BBIBH	04/14/05 05:34 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	Ken.C	04/14/05 05:52 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	ravi_singh	04/14/05 06:00 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	AshBoomstick	04/14/05 07:00 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	ravi_singh	04/14/05 07:06 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	AshBoomstick	04/14/05 08:50 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	BBIBH	04/15/05 03:46 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	AshBoomstick	04/15/05 04:30 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	Ken.C	04/15/05 04:46 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	bigjohn	04/15/05 04:59 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	Ken.C	04/15/05 07:25 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	bigjohn	04/15/05 07:32 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	snakeyes	04/15/05 08:17 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	bigjohn	04/15/05 08:23 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	snakeyes	04/15/05 08:31 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	rcvecc	04/15/05 10:00 PM
Re: no ground on electrical outlets in my apartmen	ravi_singh	04/14/05 05:51 PM