Re: Electrical appliances and "grounding"
Posted by
Svetaswan-2 on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Electrical-appliances-and-grounding-tp3309893p3328472.html
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[hidden email], "Marc Martin" <marc@...> wrote:
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> > Do you think your appliances with 3-pin plugs are less bothersome than they
> > would be if they used 2-pin plugs? Does grounding a device make a difference
> > as far as symptoms?
>
> Not that I've noticed -- however, if you really want to "ground" a device that
> only has a 2-pin prong, you can buy something from LessEMF.com that will
> do that (I think!). What you'd need is a plug with just the ground pin on
> one end, and you'd connect that to part of the metal chasis on the device
> (assuming you can access something metal on the device).
>
> Marc
>
Thanks Marc - I just may try this. It's possible - though I won't hold my breath on that - that I could feel some difference - since there have been times when I seemed to react instantly to the most "trivial" adjustments. And I know that I can't necessarily use your personal reactions - or lack thereof (in this case) - as a foolproof indication of how I would react. (And of course this doesn't only apply for you - we're all different when it comes to what we do or do not react to.) For ex. - you don't seem to experience any symptoms from dimming the backlight of a LCD TV - whereas I do in a lot of instances (at least to some degree).
I think I'm going to buy a Furman PST-8 first - perhaps the power strip could make some difference on its own. I'm not crazy about shelling out the $$ - but perhaps it would be worth it in some ways (not just from an e.s. standpoint). And the power strip will give me some needed ground pins in which to ground my devices - with the set-up I have now, I don't have all of the "grounding connections" I need.
~Svetaswan