Hello,
I've done a few installations of power boxes, and the proper way to
ground them *is* through a wire from the neutral bar down to a ground
rod pounded six feet into the ground. This is a bare wire, and the
ground rod looks like the one in the picture at the top right of this
Widipedea article on Ground Rods.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_(electricity)
Note that the picture shows an Australian connection which uses two
color coded wires instead of our code's single bare copper wire.
That is what is missing from your house, as I'm sure the electrician
told you. I've always used a ground strap connected to the third pole of
a plugin, with the other two poles connected to nothing, and it has
always worked well.
Later, Ray Parrish
Dean Kukral wrote:
> A to remain paranoid and not work on my computer while it is plugged in to any part of a wall socket. After all, the
> time-honored technique has been to use a wrist strap. I think that Laws of Physics support the contention that static electricity
> will dissipate from a metal case quickly, but, even if it did not, at least the case and I will be at the same electric potential.
>
> I am considering purchasing an anti-static mat. That would be the safest way to work on a computer. Should have purchased one
> twenty years ago! The trouble is, where could I connect it to ground?? :) :)
>
> Mr. Paranoid, a.k.a. Dean Kukral
>
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