▲ 94 ▼ Buying new electrical outlet, and the grounding are just a decoration (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) If you take them apart like OP, I wonder if they are really grounded. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 days ago You don't need to take them apart, you can just plug in an outlet tester. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_outlet_tester Also, depending on what you plug into it, the device itself might complain about a missing ground connection. Of course, if you're looking for other issues, you might have to take it apart, but just checking if everything is connected the way it's supposed to can be done non-invasively. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 days ago You don't need to take them apart, you can just plug in an outlet tester. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_outlet_tester Also, depending on what you plug into it, the device itself might complain about a missing ground connection. Of course, if you're looking for other issues, you might have to take it apart, but just checking if everything is connected the way it's supposed to can be done non-invasively. permalink fedilink source parent
