[geeks] Questionable Voltage

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Dec 5, 2007, at 2:03 AM, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

> My house is pretty old.  Mostly ungrounded outlets, but there are a
> smattering of grounded ones around.
>


I have no idea of the "probability" that your wiring is no good,  
however, someone I work with recently had his house burn down (total  
writeoff) due to a bad power strip - even though it had worked for  
many years and was a good quality metal one.

If you are going to be pulling those kinds of electrical loads-- 
though I am not an electrician--I suggest you bite the bullet and get  
rid of *all* the old crap just to be sure.

Cordially

Patrick Giagnocavo
patrick at zill.net