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Old 04-24-2009   #20
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Default Re: OT it looks like two outlets in one of my rooms arent grounded

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Originally Posted by griffin8r View Post
Well, apparently I'm failing to remember those classes, and that's fine, I'll concede.

You're still not addressing the only point I tried to make in this thread - that MOV-based surge suppression on an ungrounded line is doomed to fail repeatedly - which spells doom for your UPS system, and a much higher aggregate cost over actually having a professional rewire the plug with a ground in the first place.

Well, I said a long time ago we were WAY past the original point of the conversation.
To sum up, any fool that puts faith in a power strip of ANY kind, for ANY reason, (Other than adding extra "Holes") is just fooling themselves.

I would re-wire (With proper size wire) AND use a UPS with isolation.
(Sort of the condom and spermicide approach)

I personally have a 4KV power supply with a z-80 computer in it to filter the power.
Picked it up years ago at a GSA Auction in Baltimore.
Cost the taxpayers in the $27K range, my cost: $22. (And new batteries since)

Remember the GSA government building in the Travolta law movie, "Civil Action?"
The one at the end where the files got stacked? I could SWEAR that was the same damn GSA warehouse. I remember those cool columns.
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