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- From: nbull@access.digex.com (Nicholas Bull)
- Subject: Re: Providing ground. THANKS for replies!
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:51:22 GMT
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- Thanks to those who replied to my question about how to provide
- ground to a 2-prong outlet I wanted to convert to 3-prong. The
- "correct" answer for my circumstances is to simply install a new
- outlet and add it to the good 3-prong circuit that is on the
- other side of the wall.
-
- The idea of simply running the ground wire from the 2-prong to
- that circuit seemed too simple to be a good idea and several of
- you pointed out exactly what was bad about it--work on the other
- circuit might disrupt the ground. Worse, while the ground was
- disturbed, if something which was connected downstream sent
- current down the ground line, e.g. a surge suppressor, then
- zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzap! to the poor sod working on the upstream
- circuit.
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