Hey, thanks for the response.
I merely use the 1st strip, plugged into the wall, as an extender, and the only thing plugged into it is the 2nd strip.
I live in an old house (1950). The outlets were not grounded back then, and somebody did a half hearted retrofit so that next to several old outlets are newer 3 prong outlets. It’s odd, as if the previous owner just ran out of money part way through.
I remodeled my bathroom and put in a new outlet. There was no place to ground it so I ran a wire through the wall to a pipe going down into the ground, It hasn’t sizzled yet! My friend advised me; He is an electrical engineer but he also smokes a lot of pot, so I’m sorta dubious..
“I remodeled my bathroom and put in a new outlet. There was no place to ground it so I ran a wire through the wall to a pipe going down into the ground, It hasn’t sizzled yet! My friend advised me; He is an electrical engineer but he also smokes a lot of pot, so I’m sorta dubious”
Ground rod would work, to provide a little safety as long as breaker box also has a ground rod, could also help with major overloads or shorts, possibly prevent fires.
A GFCI would protect PEOPLE. The GFCI breaker feeding the bath, or a GFCI outlet (wall receptacle has a little GFCI breaker in it) would be much preferable.