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From: asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin "the Chipmunk" Sylvain)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Improper ground in house wiring?
Keywords: ground wire
Message-ID: <155720@felix.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 91 00:06:25 GMT
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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.
> 
> This do-hickey turns a standard dual 3-prong household outlet
> into six surge-protected, EMI/RFI filtered 3-pronged plugs.
> 
> The unit has two LEDs on the top of it.  According to the
> very brief description on the package, the red LED indicates
> that surge protection is working and the green LED indicates
> that the unit is properly grounded.

I get a feeling from reading the responses to your post that the little
LED do-hickeys are only there to add "bells and whistles" to the silly
thing.  I have a similar device, no LEDs, works fine.  I suspect that if
the thing actually got fried from a surge, you wouldn't need to see the
red light is out ... your equipment wouldn't work anymore due to lack of
power!

You're probably better off spending just a tad more money getting one
with a built-in circuit breaker.  Otherwise, do what somebody suggested
and turn it in for a friendly replacement.  If the do-hickeys are
supposed to be on then *they durnedably had better be on!!*
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