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Rockman Rock:
Just to add, whenever I or a friend has a problem with AC wiring I bring my little AC wall tester with. Plugging it into the outlets will quickly tell me if hot/neutral are reversed and show ground integrity. I picked this up at one of the home supply stores.

I have lifted grounds with the three/two prong adapters for testing but hate to leave them lifted. If something shorts it is bestif it has a path to follow.

Rockman Rock:
Funny story, kind of. Our first house after renting a couple years. An old post war bungalow. Dear wife tells me she gets a bad shock if she is doing dishes and touches cabinets. I was like no way. They were old Geneva painted steel cabinets with a stainless sink. I wet my hand, put it on sink and grab cabinet, yee ha!  Old knob and tube wiring, metal box, no ground wire, hot shorted to box off light switch, chrome metal wall plate covering switch touching Geneva metal cabinets. Only ground was you touching sink and cabinets. I believed whatever she told me after that.

schwarcw:
Rich,

We're going to start calling you Sparky LOL!

Rockman Rock:
I have this habit of testing for bad grounds by touching stuff. My first ModWright 9.0SE pre amp had a bad hum. I touch pre amp and amp, noise goes away. They failed to grind powder coat away before attaching ground lug in the pre amp. I don't encourage anyone checking for bad grounds that way, especially if you have a pacemaker. >:D

OCCD:

--- Quote from: Slim-Shaddy on May 15, 2013, 12:26:07 AM ---The 3 to 2 prong this was something I used when I was in a band and the guitarist was getting shocked. Not sure if it would help, but it's a very cheap solution if it works.

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The Guitarist was getting shocked... sparky...    >:D :o :o :o There can be only one sparky here.  I remember that day...   Ed, is the amp OK????...

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