Let’s focus in to the simple stuff often forgotten! When we have two or more devices plugged into power (AC) we can unintentionally create a hot ground condition if the plug of the device doesn’t offer a ground pathway via the third pin and/or the outlet/s used are not correctly wired or even offer a ground connection either at the outlet or at the breaker panel. Going to a local hardware shop you should be able to grab a simple plug-in tester to check your outlets are correctly wired. You will still need a DVM to check the voltage at the Neutral and Ground points of the outlet to see if voltage is present as well.
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Let’s focus in to the simple stuff often forgotten! When we have two or more devices plugged into power (AC) we can unintentionally create a hot ground condition if the plug of the device doesn’t offer a ground pathway via the third pin and/or the outlet/s used are not correctly wired or even offer a ground connection either at the outlet or at the breaker panel.
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Going to a local hardware shop you should be able to grab a simple plug-in tester to check your outlets are correctly wired. You will still need a DVM to check the voltage at the Neutral and Ground points of the outlet to see if voltage is present as well.
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The left blade side in this image is the Neutral
The cable/adapter could just be burning out due to the hot ground. This can also be caused by using different fed outlets which are using different phases of the service at the breaker between your system and monitor. To add to this it’s not only your computer gear it could be other devices in your home that sporadically run as the motor winding are bad.
Let’s focus in to the simple stuff often forgotten! When we have two or more devices plugged into power (AC) we can unintentionally create a hot ground condition if the plug of the device doesn’t offer a ground pathway via the third pin and/or the outlet/s used are not correctly wired or even offer a ground connection either at the outlet or at the breaker panel. Going to a local hardware shop you should be able to grab a simple plug-in tester to check your outlets are correctly wired. You will still need a DVM to check the voltage at the Neutral and Ground points of the outlet to see if voltage is present as well.
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The left blade side in this image is the Neutral
The cable/adapter could just be burning out due to the hot ground. This can also be caused by using different fed outlets which are using different phases of the service at the breaker between your system and monitor. To add to this it’s not only your computer gear it could be other devices in your home that sporadically run as the motor winding are bad.