60 amp (not grounded) service

Henry0Reilly

March 19, 2007 03:45

Should I be more worried about operating my computer during a thunderstorm with non-grounded electrical service in an old house?

I've was never too worried about it in my trailer or apartment that had proper circuit breakers but this place has fuses.

I have not tried to ground the computer separately but maybe that's a good thing?

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  rong

  March 19, 2007 04:15

  You should be concerned
  about operating any
  modern electrical device
  in a non grounded system.
  My 1st house had the two
  wire knob and tube and I'd
  get a shock each time I open the
  fridge down cellar until
  I drilled a hole in the side
  panel ,sanded it to bare metal
  and installed a tech screw with a wire
  wrapped around a water pipe which
  cured the problem.

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  shoff14

  March 19, 2007 05:03

  Your surge protecter becomes a mute point without it being grounded. So yes, you should be worried. When a surge protector is tripped, it uses the ground service to distribute the electricty.

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  320090T

  March 19, 2007 05:22

  Heck Henry, just put your foil hat on and go for it!

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  allen griggs

  March 19, 2007 05:40

  I have a modern house that is properly grounded. On top of that I have lightning rods.
  Last year a in a thunderstorm my dial up modem got blown. I had it plugged into a surge protector, too.
  When I was shelling out 82 bucks for a new one at Best Buy, the clerk told me that they get a customer in every day who's modem got blown by lightning.

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  shoff14

  March 19, 2007 06:15

  quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
  I have a modern house that is properly grounded. On top of that I have lightning rods.
  Last year a in a thunderstorm my dial up modem got blown. I had it plugged into a surge protector, too.
  When I was shelling out 82 bucks for a new one at Best Buy, the clerk told me that they get a customer in every day who's modem got blown by lightning.
  
  
  The surge probably came from the phone or cable, not electric. They make surge protectors that you can plug your phone and cable into in an attempt to protect modems. I don't know if they work or not, but I know they exist.

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