Resolved Particular outlet not grounded?

Well, I guess you could call Bell Labs and discuss the point with them.

Probably be in over your head.

 

Yeah right. I don't think personal affronts are necessary, or productive.

I am not the one assuming test equipment cannot be faulty here.

An outlet with the neutral strapped to ground is NOT properly wired to code. But instead of believing in your own common sense, you STILL insist the checker was good.

Sorry, but I am not the one in over my head here.

 

Goodness I learn so much here Imagine if you guys stopped bickering once in a while!

 

Would that be considered a ground fault? (actually, it sounds worse than that)

 

I would not think that. I know it is wrong.

 

OK new question:

I see that the two outlets by my laptop table are both not grounded. Apart from moving to a new part of the house, I suppose one solution would be to run an extension cord between a grounded outlet and my surge protector. Would this still provide surge protection to my computer? Or does the surge protector have to be plugged in directly to a grounded outlet?

 

In most cases it is not a problem because neutral is usually tied to ground anyway when the 220-240 is split into 110-120. A lot of electronics today still use 2 prong plugs. The ground wire is mostly for safety, to shunt excessive voltages to Earth in the shortest path possible. I say mostly because a proper ground minimizes electrical noises too that can affect audio and analog video circuits and other EMI/RFI issues.