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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Not completely accurate. Many devices DO "demand" it (will not run) but many other device (home computers, refrigerators, etc.) don't care.
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
As for me, the fellow with a pacemaker. I will smack someone over the head with a two by four if I get jolted touching an ungrounded appliance. GFI may be fine for two wire cords but I demand absolute 100% guarantee of safety by grounding a metal body appliance.
โSep-18-2018 11:58 AM
โSep-18-2018 06:59 AM
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Because 100% of the electronic protection devices inside your laptop brick, television, or other expensive device rely on dumping bad electricity directly to earth ground.
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Metal appliances can "leak" dangerous amounts of current to the appliance body a steel or aluminum body. And with bare feet on a concrete floor a "leaking" appliance will kill you. Washing machines are especially vulnerable to leakage and danger.
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
there is a cheater's way to ground an outlet.
โSep-18-2018 06:53 AM
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Mexican receptacles (plug ins) do not utilize an earth ground. Pull the receptacle and find nothing connected to the green screw.
Any electronic device having a plug with three prongs or any metal appliance that has a 3-prong plug demands a receptacle with a functional ground connection.
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