Thanks for all your suggestions... - mkuller

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Topic - uh oh... the outlet I'm using has no ground wire! - Enchantment1.6s 09:09:54 11/15/06 (64)

I put in a dedicated ground... - mkuller 10:53:47 11/16/06 (52)

Lightning aside... - Julien43 02:34:05 11/19/06 (10)

Re: Lightning aside... - Ugly 09:30:31 11/19/06 (9)

My plan... - mkuller 11:29:35 11/19/06 (6)

Thanks for all your suggestions... - mkuller 21:17:55 11/20/06 (1)

Re: Thanks for all your suggestions... - jea48 09:22:59 11/21/06 (0)

Re: My plan... - Steve Eddy 19:49:21 11/20/06 (1)

Steve, I appreciate your input... - mkuller 21:16:03 11/20/06 (0)

I should also say... - Ugly 20:17:41 11/19/06 (0)

Re: My plan... - Ugly 20:07:08 11/19/06 (0)

Re: Lightning aside... - jea48 11:28:38 11/19/06 (1)

It passed inspection when new in 1991...(nt) - mkuller 11:31:14 11/19/06 (1)

Re: I put in a dedicated ground... - cdb 20:23:12 11/16/06 (34)

So as I understand it... - mkuller 10:23:15 11/17/06 (32)

Lightning... - Al Sekela 15:12:07 11/18/06 (1)

Hi Al... - mkuller 16:22:20 11/18/06 (0)

Lightning has nothing to do with this. - cdb 20:09:03 11/17/06 (5)

Grounding... - mkuller 11:06:25 11/18/06 (2)

1991,or so... - cdb 12:54:40 11/18/06 (1)

Re: 1991,or so... - mkuller 16:31:21 11/18/06 (0)

Lightning safety has a great deal to do with the origins and intentions of the NEC grounding scheme. - Ugly 21:21:46 11/17/06 (1)

Re: Lightning safety has a great deal to do with the origins and intentions of the NEC grounding scheme. - cdb 13:07:22 11/18/06 (0)

Re: So as I understand it... - Ugly 15:22:56 11/17/06 (21)

Loaded gun... - mkuller 15:47:03 11/17/06 (20)

Militias? are you serious? - Ugly 16:48:49 11/17/06 (19)

Glad to see you've settled down... - mkuller 19:48:57 11/17/06 (18)

Re: Glad to see you've settled down... - Ugly 20:37:34 11/17/06 (17)

My electrician buddy... - mkuller 11:09:59 11/18/06 (16)

Re: My electrician buddy... - Ugly 22:21:55 11/18/06 (15)

So by that same logic... - mkuller 11:36:05 11/19/06 (14)

I think you may have misunderstood me. - Ugly 19:51:38 11/19/06 (13)

Re: I think you may have misunderstood me. - Steve Eddy 19:27:36 11/20/06 (12)

Re: I think you may have misunderstood me. - Ugly 09:25:59 11/21/06 (11)

Re: I think you may have misunderstood me. - Steve Eddy 11:17:13 11/21/06 (10)

Re: I think you may have misunderstood me. - jea48 15:02:10 11/21/06 (9)

Re: I think you may have misunderstood me. - Steve Eddy 10:23:09 11/22/06 (1)

Re: I think you may have misunderstood me. - jea48 20:31:17 11/22/06 (0)

That was really some post there! - Ugly 21:03:26 11/21/06 (6)

Especially considering whose site www.q-audio.com is :) [nt] - Ted Smith 21:58:46 11/21/06 (5)

Re: Especially considering whose site www.q-audio.com is :) [nt] - jea48 20:04:22 11/22/06 (3)

Re: Especially considering whose site www.q-audio.com is :) [nt] - Ted Smith 21:39:01 11/22/06 (2)

Re: Especially considering whose site www.q-audio.com is :) [nt] - jea48 21:56:37 11/22/06 (1)

No problem, I still got a laugh :) [nt] - Ted Smith 22:01:16 11/22/06 (0)

Thanks for the plug, Ted! ;) nt - Steve Eddy 10:36:08 11/22/06 (0)

Re: So as I understand it... - Steve Eddy 14:35:47 11/17/06 (1)

Re: So as I understand it... - cdb 21:12:42 11/17/06 (0)

Re: I put in a dedicated ground... - Ugly 09:54:02 11/17/06 (0)

Re: I put in a dedicated ground... - Steve Eddy 18:19:22 11/16/06 (3)

In my system... - mkuller 10:28:05 11/17/06 (2)

Re: In my system... - Steve Eddy 14:17:24 11/17/06 (1)

You can rest assured... - mkuller 15:48:45 11/17/06 (0)

That is quite shocking... - Ugly 13:15:20 11/16/06 (1)

I, too, am shocked... - mkuller 14:04:13 11/16/06 (0)

Careful not to be too hasty. In many installations... - Ugly 14:46:57 11/15/06 (0)

I'm NOT an electrician, but - bartc 10:43:06 11/15/06 (5)

I'm thinking this house is like that... it was built in 54.... - Enchantment1.6s 11:01:47 11/15/06 (4)

BX cable a.k.a. armored cable - Glen B 19:11:23 11/16/06 (0)

Got a multimeter? Measure the Voltage from the RH (hot) prong to the box. If you get normal Voltage... - jeffreybehr 14:49:56 11/15/06 (2)

I get same volt reading from hot to box as I do across hot and neutral.. 121.5v - Enchantment1.6s 16:00:54 11/15/06 (1)

Good: this means your box is grounded. - Al Sekela 17:06:39 11/15/06 (0)

Put in a GFI outlet for now... - CheapEric 10:26:47 11/15/06 (0)

Do you have netal conduit? - Russ57 09:44:42 11/15/06 (1)

not sure... I looked at another outlet in the room and it uses romex - Enchantment1.6s 10:01:13 11/15/06 (0)

"called an electrician". GOOD idea. Hope it won't cost much to ground your outlets. (NT) - jeffreybehr 09:36:19 11/15/06 (0)

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Thanks for all your suggestions... - mkuller 21:17:55 11/20/06 (1)

Re: Thanks for all your suggestions... - jea48 09:22:59 11/21/06 (0)