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1700s House Electricity? GAK!

2001-12-08 by sucrosemusic

The great thing about living in a house from the 1700s is the 
wonderful electrical system.  Who knows when it was installed!  I 
know a lot of the outlet in my house are not grounded...  since 
they're two prong... ewww.  Also, though my outlet is 3 prong, I 
don't know if I trust it.  What's a good way to check?  Should I put 
a voltmeter from one of the AC lines to the ground, and then the 
other AC line to the ground, to check to see if I get voltage both 
ways?  Eh.  I'm not doing this tonight!  ::laughs::  Man.  An 
electical nightmare, my house is.  Toasted, I fear my gear will be.  
Yoda, I will be speaking like tonight.

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