I am moving into an older style house tomorrow. Half of the electrical system (plug-ins) have been updated to newer 3-prong, grounded outlets, but half of the house is still the old style 2-prong outlets. The living room and dining room have the 2-prong outlets and it's in these room where we'll be putting our electronics.
We have desktop computers that will go in the dining room, so I'm weighing my options. They are:
1. Use "cheater plugs". I'll plug in surge protectors, which the computer itself will be plugged into. However, I know the "cheater plugs" aren't actually grounded and our PC's could still fry during a power surge, hence the name "cheater plug". They're also a fire risk.
2. Run an extension cord from the kitchen (which has new style outlets), and plug in our surge protectors to it. However, this would also be problematic as it introduces different hazards: fire risks, trip hazards, etc.
So which option would be the best route?
We don't have a lot of power outages in my city unless it's storm season, which we're pretty much over.
I don't know the owner of the house personally, I am renting through an agency, so asking to replace the old 2-prong style outlets is out of the question for now. Still, I'm not sure why they didn't just update the whole house.
We have desktop computers that will go in the dining room, so I'm weighing my options. They are:
1. Use "cheater plugs". I'll plug in surge protectors, which the computer itself will be plugged into. However, I know the "cheater plugs" aren't actually grounded and our PC's could still fry during a power surge, hence the name "cheater plug". They're also a fire risk.
2. Run an extension cord from the kitchen (which has new style outlets), and plug in our surge protectors to it. However, this would also be problematic as it introduces different hazards: fire risks, trip hazards, etc.
So which option would be the best route?
We don't have a lot of power outages in my city unless it's storm season, which we're pretty much over.
I don't know the owner of the house personally, I am renting through an agency, so asking to replace the old 2-prong style outlets is out of the question for now. Still, I'm not sure why they didn't just update the whole house.
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