I just moved into a room in a condo and I was ready to set up my pc, but the surge protector I use lit up "fault" instead of "grounded" when I plugged it into the outlet. I have 3 outlets in my room and the other 2 are detected as being grounded, but of course the faulted outlet is the closest to where I want to setup my computer, stereo, and TV.
All of the outlets are 3-pronged and the condo is a modern unit, so I assume that the outlet was intended to be grounded. How concerned should I be that it isn?t grounded? Should I avoid using it altogether and run cable from another outlet? Alternatively, I?m guessing that I can use it for 2-pronged plugs since I assume that a 2-pronged outlet is basically the same thing as an ungrounded 3-pronged outlet. My surge protector did light up as being ?protected,? so do I even need to worry at all? Since I?m in the middle of moving it is a little difficult to dig out the reference materials for my surge protector at the moment.
Thanks for any help.
All of the outlets are 3-pronged and the condo is a modern unit, so I assume that the outlet was intended to be grounded. How concerned should I be that it isn?t grounded? Should I avoid using it altogether and run cable from another outlet? Alternatively, I?m guessing that I can use it for 2-pronged plugs since I assume that a 2-pronged outlet is basically the same thing as an ungrounded 3-pronged outlet. My surge protector did light up as being ?protected,? so do I even need to worry at all? Since I?m in the middle of moving it is a little difficult to dig out the reference materials for my surge protector at the moment.
Thanks for any help.