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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses > Wiring Thread: This stupid safety device started alerting that there wasn't safety!
 
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AustinJ
Jul 12, 2006

You can't take the sky from me!
I've got an older house with all 2-prong outlets, no ground. I like all my flashy electronic gizmos, and I fear for their safety living in an ungrounded world. What are my options?

No ground bascially means that surge protectors don't actually work as anything more than a power strip, right? Is a UPS a better option, or is it similarly crippled in this case? Am I correct in assuming that a GFCI outlet will not help protect against power surges?

Is it possible to ground 1 or 2 select outlets or am I stuck with essentially re-wiring the whole house, and running a proper ground back to the panel?

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses > Wiring Thread: This stupid safety device started alerting that there wasn't safety!