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three-prong testers (was: 1700s House Electricity? GAK!)

2001-12-10 by mark@indole.net

At 12:21 AM -0500 12/09/01, Tkacs, Ken wrote:
>
>I have a couple of those three-light testers of which you speak. If you
>stick it in my "upgraded" outlets, it says that everythig is hunky-dory,
>>but everything I read now tells me that it is *not*. So even though that
>>tester may show proper grounding (I think it is grounding through the
>>electrical box and conduit rather than a proper wire), you really don't
>>have a proper situation.

Actually, you do have a proper situation.  If it's connected to grounded
conduit, at least it's up to code, which more than I can say for many of
the three-prong outlets out there.

I agree it's not the most thorough test, but for you SKB dudes on the road,
it's far better than nothing.

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