UPS/Surge Protection Help

[BluffTHIS!]

Well if the other rooms in the apartment are grounded yours most likely is too and you just made an error in first thinking otherwise. You could buy a cheap outlet tester to be sure though if the surge protector is not malfunctioning you are likely indeed grounded.

[JordanIB]

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Well if the other rooms in the apartment are grounded yours most likely is too and you just made an error in first thinking otherwise. You could buy a cheap outlet tester to be sure though if the surge protector is not malfunctioning you are likely indeed grounded.

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Re-read the post a sec...We have an outlet tester. That's how I learned initially that my room was not grounded. And when I plugged in the surge protector, I could have sworn the "grounded" light was not on. Now it is. And the tester plugged into the surge protector says it's grounded. Hence my extreme confusion. I guess I'll check the outlet direct again when I go home.

Thanks for all your help in this thread, Bluff.

[BluffTHIS!]

My last thought on this is if you can turn off the breaker so you don't have to work hot (or use a rubber handled screwdriver in your right hand [if you get shocked it goes down side of body that doesn't have your heart]), and check out the outlet itself to see if the ground wire is loose and the terminal screw needs tightened.