Give me advice on how much it'd cost and how I'd add grounding to these shit outlets in this old house I'm staying at. I don't want my PC to fry.
Give me advice on how much it'd cost and how I'd add grounding to these shit outlets in this old house I'm staying at.
Your PC is fine. Grounding is so you don't get shocked when there's a short and you touch the case.
I'm worried about ESD build up. When I touch my pc case it shocks me sometimes (doesnt happen when theres ground).
I've also thought about that too
I'll have to take an outlet out and see. The outlets themselves do need replaced bc theyre so fricking loose.
The ground socket is blocked/wont let ground connectors in so I have to use a 3 prong to 2 prong adapter.
>Is the receptacle grounded?
I dont think so
>Is the electrical box grounded?
I think so, because other outlets in the house are grounded.
That seems simple enough, will that also handle ESD from devices?
replace the outlet tard.
>I dont think so
Well your first step is to buy a multimeter. Ask the guy at the hardware store how to use it with line voltage, so you don't immediately fry it.
>Ask the guy at the hardware store how to use it
HA AHAHA AHAHAHA HA AHA HA that was a good one anon.
ESD comes from you the best thing you can do is not build a computer on carpet with socks wool socks. And if you have to build it in your kitchen and then touch the tap before you start.
Buy a surge protector.
you can add ground protection by replacing every receptacle with a gfci
code compliant and the cheaper option
If the conduit is grounded, which it likely is, you can attach a grounding wire to it. Short fat screw or bolt from ace hardware.
why are you using an adapter on an outlet with a ground socket?
Is the receptacle grounded? If so, just use the ground pin.
Is the electrical box grounded? If so, ground the receptacle to the box.
If none of the above, run a wire to something that's grounded. Like the ground or a cold water pipe.
what a useless fricking post
what a useless post.
The ground is not electrical ground
ok then do this
It literally is. The third pin is simply connected to the dirt outside your house.
What could these strange symbols mean.
The center tap of the transformer is bonded to dirt using a primary ground electrode. This is now Ground if it's coming from the ground bar in at the demarc, and it's also neutral if it's coming off the neutral bar. At the transformer and at the demarc it's the same wire at the same potential bonded to earth at that one point.
If you sink another ground rod 20 feet away from this PGE it is going to be pretty close to 0v to it, sure. If you measure the resistance between the two it's going to be thousands of ohms even in damp soil because it's fricking dirt, not a wire. Thousands of ohms will not trip a breaker in the event of a ground fault, thus it's not considered part of your home's ground network unless you run a #6 or better wire between. The PGE and your new ground rod.
>Is the receptacle grounded? If so, just use the ground pin.
The receptacle is likely grounded already back to the panel. You can verify this with a multimeter.
If it is you can swap with a new receptacle or if you're lazy, move the adapter to the lower one, put a cover on, and run a screw through the green hole. That's what is there for.
0. get one of these
1. pull that adapter
2. don't worry about ESD unless you are tearing into your computer