The label on the unit says "Warning - not grounded". Is this thing seriously not grounded?
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If you look at the picture more closely, you will see that wording is near a small LED light, and that text tells you what that light means. In other words, if the light comes on, then there is a problem with your ground. This is something that is quite a nice little feature, in case some idiot wired your house incorrectly, it will tell you that the ground isn't working. And so you will want to have an electrician look at your wiring in your house. Preferably one who is not the idiot who did not wire the house properly.
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If you have any questions about Intermatic products you can go on their web site and click on their help desk. It has been a couple of years since I installed 4 of these 15 minute twist timers, but I can't remember if they needed to be grounded. I hope this helps. Jerry W., Moreno Valley, Ca.
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the unit is hardwired. you should know what you are doing or hire an electrician. you can connect a power cord and connect it to a plug, I would always recommend using a three wire setup that includes a ground.
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I tried plugging it into a two prong adapter, and then plugged the two prong into my outlet. My outlet is grounded since it is a 3 prong outlet, but not sure that would matter since two prong adapter doesn't have a ground plug. Anyway, that worked with no issues.
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I was confused by their response as well. I have seen some surge protectors with a light "not grounded." If the light was on in that situation, it would show there was no ground. They must have misunderstood your question. If it says "protected" and "Grounded" and the lights are on, it should be working properly. Maybe you should contact Belkin again and maybe you won't get Nick.
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yes you really should ground the system otherwise you will have a floating neutral situation which is not very good for most power sensitive appliances etc.
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Not sure about that as mine is negative ground. That said, it should be ground polarity insensitive by reversing the connections.
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Yes, it has a grounded plug. I would advise that it be plugged into an outdoor GFI switch for safety. FWIW - Great bucket! The first one I had lasted almost 10 years.
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I'm not an electrician, but I would think it would need to be grounded... otherwise where would the surge go? I happened to have an electrician in my house for other things when this arrived, so I asked him how I should ground this. He just took it and hooked it up to the neutral/grounding wire in a nearby unused outlet and said it is now grounded with the rest of the house. I can still use that outlet too.
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sometimes they will not connect the ground to the switch but only to the box. On older houses they sometimes wrapped the ground around the incoming cables and locked it down under the holding clamp. if either of these is the case you can connect the ground wire from the switch to the box itself and it will be grounded. these switches have electronic components which may not work as well if not grounded in some capacity. also make sure the antenna is stretched out as much as possible. I fed the wire down thru a hole in the bottom of the box so it would hang out fully.
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You can. I did, but you then lose the added protection of having the unit grounded. No big deal for me. Mine works great!
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Hi, it counts on your wiring. If the box is ground and you use the screw in the loop then yes it will be ground. If the box is not then of course a ground will not just appear from no where.
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If there is no grounding lug in the housing then no. This unit is insulated and does not need grounding.
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The only thing I can think of is that she's trying to plug it into an ungrounded outlet. But all of the kitchen outlets should be grounded. Where is she trying to plug it in?
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Yes if you connect only the line and neutral to the unit and unit is not grounded in through its mounting. I mounted this unit in a car, which is obviously not connected to the earth ground because of the tires. During a power outage, I plug a 10AWG extension cord into the unit. The line and neutral of the extension cord are wired to a power transfer switch (not the ground wire as mentioned earlier). I have powered the house this way without tripping the CFCI outlet on the unit.
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It's grounded through the bracket also. Use the ground wire also for added security to make sure it has a really good ground
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I'm 99% sure it is. I usually check for the UL label on electrical stuff as soon as I open it. Unfortunately it's a couple of hours away at my other house so I can't check for a few days.