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I am looking into purchasing the APC H15 power conditioner. I've tried to read on websites to get an answer to my question before coming here, but I don't know much about the technical aspects of it. It seems like you all are very knowledgeable on the subject, and I was hoping you could elaborate in laymen's terms.
My question is this: Most of my house has grounded outlets, however, my bedroom does not. I was hoping the APC H15 unit(http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=H15) could be my solution to this problem, without paying an electrician to come out and ground the outlet. Any time I've tried to use a computer on this outlet, I've had it get fried within months of use. In the rest of my house, where the outlets are grounded, some computers have lasted me years. If I get the H15, will that correct whatever is going wrong for certain... even if my outlet is not grounded?
I would just get the outlet grounded, but for some reason... the electricians say they will have to tear apart the basement ceiling in order to do this. Which I'm not comfortable with, not only because of the ceiling being ripped out, but because of the high, high cost. If this power conditioner will not do the job, do you guys know of any alternatives?
I appreciate any sort of insight on the topic at all, even if it's minimal. Thanks very much in advance.
Ryan
My question is this: Most of my house has grounded outlets, however, my bedroom does not. I was hoping the APC H15 unit(http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=H15) could be my solution to this problem, without paying an electrician to come out and ground the outlet. Any time I've tried to use a computer on this outlet, I've had it get fried within months of use. In the rest of my house, where the outlets are grounded, some computers have lasted me years. If I get the H15, will that correct whatever is going wrong for certain... even if my outlet is not grounded?
I would just get the outlet grounded, but for some reason... the electricians say they will have to tear apart the basement ceiling in order to do this. Which I'm not comfortable with, not only because of the ceiling being ripped out, but because of the high, high cost. If this power conditioner will not do the job, do you guys know of any alternatives?
I appreciate any sort of insight on the topic at all, even if it's minimal. Thanks very much in advance.
Ryan
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