Importance of Grounded Power? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Jul 2001

...
  I recently got an old AlphaServer 4/275, and it worked
for a while, and
 then after I moved into another room, and it stopped working. I only have
 one or two grounded outlets in my apartment, so I had to hook it to a
 non-grounded one (via a surge protector, plugged in with a grounding
 adaptor).  
The only stuff I run that way would be PCs... for the Prime, I made
a custom 50-foot 30-amp grounded extension cord, and run it all the
way from the grounded outlet in the basement upstairs to where the
computer is.

regards,
-dq