It’s probably because homedepot doesn’t respect gdpr, so they block European ip’s to not get sued. I’ve experienced that a lot when visiting some American websites
Edit: my mistake, thats an akamai CDN. Ive only seen that issue with edge though (including one release of edge that errored out the same way constantly), so I assumed, and became an ass.
Unfortunately, these actually might not show if the GFI is working, and might give a false negative.
If there is no equipment ground, the outlet must be labeled as such, but it is allowed by code so long as protected by GFI. However, since all these testers do is shunt hot to ground, if there’s no ground connected, it won’t work and appear if the GFI is not working. However, assuming it’s working, it will still do its job, since it they protect against ALL current leakage, and not just ones through the outlet’s ground path (otherwise they’d be pretty useless).
I had a “landlord special” where they extended an old 2 wire box with no ground, and my PC case shocked the fuck out of me after I had the carpet cleaned and was walking on the damp floor. A ground would likely have dissapated that bit of current leakage, but also a GFI would have probably tripped when I touched it. They weren’t willing to run a new wire with a ground because, unsurprisingly they were cheap fucks, but I convinced them to install a GFI for safety at the very minimum.
Also worth noting that these things are easy to fool for ground, since it’s bonded to neutral, and shitty electricians will tie them together at the outlet to trick the tester into seeing a “ground” when it’s actually neutral. It’s dangerous as fuck, and the only way to check is by taking the plate off and seeing if the outlet is properly wired.
Yeah, if there is no ground present (ie a 2 wire cable in a plastic or ungrounded metal box), they just won’t trip as the ground prong is effectively isolated.
While not the best idea, you can usually derive a quick ground from a plumbing pipe, assuming copper or galvy pipes (pex obviously won’t work), or a metal gas pipe. I’ve done it in a pinch when a proper system ground wasn’t feasible, but only as a temporary measure.
And run the risk of tickle time if you don’t know exactly what you’re doing lol. Those plug testers are an easy means for a layman to check it. They make ones as cheap as $5, that’s just the one I always have in my pocket as a professional electrician.
Right, I was making a joke and using that as an excuse to link to ElectroBOOM. I didn’t think anyone would take it seriously, but added a /s to my comment.
That is an ancient GFCI, grab one of these and make sure it trips and resets for your own safety.
Edit: this guy
It’s probably because homedepot doesn’t respect gdpr, so they block European ip’s to not get sued. I’ve experienced that a lot when visiting some American websites
Stupid sexy Europeans and their stupid sexy privacy laws
Stop using MS Edge.
Edit: my mistake, thats an akamai CDN. Ive only seen that issue with edge though (including one release of edge that errored out the same way constantly), so I assumed, and became an ass.
edgesuite.net is an akamai CDN, it has nothing to do with MS edge
Yeah that’s my mistake, ive only seen it with work PCs that force edge, not any other client.
Including Firefox mobile, which is what I used (and they did) without issue.
I am using Firefox on mobile. This is probably named after edge computing
Looks like an akamai CDN, my bad. Ive only seen that issue with work PCs where edge is forced.
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Unfortunately, these actually might not show if the GFI is working, and might give a false negative.
If there is no equipment ground, the outlet must be labeled as such, but it is allowed by code so long as protected by GFI. However, since all these testers do is shunt hot to ground, if there’s no ground connected, it won’t work and appear if the GFI is not working. However, assuming it’s working, it will still do its job, since it they protect against ALL current leakage, and not just ones through the outlet’s ground path (otherwise they’d be pretty useless).
I had a “landlord special” where they extended an old 2 wire box with no ground, and my PC case shocked the fuck out of me after I had the carpet cleaned and was walking on the damp floor. A ground would likely have dissapated that bit of current leakage, but also a GFI would have probably tripped when I touched it. They weren’t willing to run a new wire with a ground because, unsurprisingly they were cheap fucks, but I convinced them to install a GFI for safety at the very minimum.
Also worth noting that these things are easy to fool for ground, since it’s bonded to neutral, and shitty electricians will tie them together at the outlet to trick the tester into seeing a “ground” when it’s actually neutral. It’s dangerous as fuck, and the only way to check is by taking the plate off and seeing if the outlet is properly wired.
Yeah, if there is no ground present (ie a 2 wire cable in a plastic or ungrounded metal box), they just won’t trip as the ground prong is effectively isolated.
While not the best idea, you can usually derive a quick ground from a plumbing pipe, assuming copper or galvy pipes (pex obviously won’t work), or a metal gas pipe. I’ve done it in a pinch when a proper system ground wasn’t feasible, but only as a temporary measure.
Way less expensive to get a 10kΩ resistor and put that between earth and live to make sure the GFCI trips. Source
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\s, don’t do this.And run the risk of tickle time if you don’t know exactly what you’re doing lol. Those plug testers are an easy means for a layman to check it. They make ones as cheap as $5, that’s just the one I always have in my pocket as a professional electrician.
I carry a fork that way I can use it for lunch as well
Good idea. It takes forever to clean the scorch marks off of my belly/Prince Albert chain.
What a terrible day to have eyes and imagination
Right, I was making a joke and using that as an excuse to link to ElectroBOOM. I didn’t think anyone would take it seriously, but added a
/sto my comment.