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From: finfrock@ncis.tis.llnl.gov (Scott Finfrock)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Improper ground in house wiring?
Keywords: ground wire
Message-ID: <1231@ncis.tis.llnl.gov>
Date: 10 Jan 91 17:13:18 GMT
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Reply-To: finfrock@ncis (Scott Finfrock)
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA
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In article <3667@ntmtv.UUCP> adrian@ntmtv.UUCP (Adrian Brandt) writes:
>I just got one of those surge protection/EMI/RFI plugs to
>plug a bunch of home entertainment system stuff into.
>that the unit is properly grounded.
>

>
>So, I go to plug it in and expect to see the green LED come
>on and stay on, and the red one to flicker on once in a long
>while to indicate surge supression.  Instead, as I plugged
>it in, the red LED came on immediately and the green one
>doesn't.  It stays this way whether I've got anything plugged
>into the unit or not.
>

On the units that I have seen the red light is on continously.
It means that the unit is functional (i.e. not burned out) not
that it is actually suppressing at that moment.  

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       					  -Scott Finfrock-

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