insightinmind wrote: > > On Jun 18, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > >> Bruce Johnson wrote: >>> On Jun 18, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Clark Martin wrote: >>> >>>>> If you leave it in make sure your electrician >>>>> grounded your place right because when I moved into this house one >>>>> circuit >>>>> was not grounded. So I drove the stake into the ground myself and >>>>> rewired >>>>> it. >>>> I hope you are joking, that is NOT how you ground an outlet. >>> Hmm, that's how our electrician grounded the new circuits he put in >>> our house, and it was per code, at least here. Note Kyle said >>> 'circuit' not 'outlet', too. >> To meet the NEC it has to go back to the relevant electrical panel >> to be >> grounded there. Earth ground has a rather high resistance, that's >> from >> personal experience. > > I thought you could just hook it to a nearby water pipe ...
Maybe but it's not a preferred method anymore. Among other reasons there's the risk of electrolytic action on the water pipe. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
