02-16-2007, 02:27 PM
[quote SKYLANE]I am also curious, will a Surge Protector work properly if the ground plug is taken away using the means of an adapter?
My friend had a power outage at his apartment one day as evidenced by screwed up clocks when he got home. His computer was plugged into a surge protector but wouldn't boot. Troubleshooting lead to dead powersupply which we changed out, then the computer booted again fine. I found that his Surge Protector was plugged into a wall with an adapter eliminating the ground pin...
Surge Protectors rely on the third wire ground to discharge over voltage spikes using MOV solid state devices. The answer is NO.
My friend had a power outage at his apartment one day as evidenced by screwed up clocks when he got home. His computer was plugged into a surge protector but wouldn't boot. Troubleshooting lead to dead powersupply which we changed out, then the computer booted again fine. I found that his Surge Protector was plugged into a wall with an adapter eliminating the ground pin...
Surge Protectors rely on the third wire ground to discharge over voltage spikes using MOV solid state devices. The answer is NO.