Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoWhat is the best Power Outlet, and why?media.piefed.socialexternal-linkmessage-square481fedilinkarrow-up1651arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1634arrow-down1external-linkWhat is the best Power Outlet, and why?media.piefed.socialEk-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square481fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarexep@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·2 months agoYou’d think so, but the ground will either be at the bottom of the outlet, requiring a separate cable, or Type-B.
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThat’s only on homes that have updated wiring codes. My grandma still has the old aluminum wiring with type A. It’s annoying as shit because there are so many grounded plugs and only so many adapters that take the grounded plug. And then don’t ground it. Fuck safety right
minus-squarexep@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThere is the GFCI in the switch box, but yeah, both gfci+grounded would be preferable.
minus-squarevaionko@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoA GFCI won’t do squat without PE connected
minus-squareAItoothbrush@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWhere? That is the most scuffed ground ive ever seen
You’d think so, but the ground will either be at the bottom of the outlet, requiring a separate cable, or Type-B.
That’s only on homes that have updated wiring codes.
My grandma still has the old aluminum wiring with type A. It’s annoying as shit because there are so many grounded plugs and only so many adapters that take the grounded plug.
And then don’t ground it. Fuck safety right
There is the GFCI in the switch box, but yeah, both gfci+grounded would be preferable.
A GFCI won’t do squat without PE connected
Where? That is the most scuffed ground ive ever seen