Hello,
I'm new to the forums... and somewhat to Bali. I rent a house here and have come upon an interesting problem.
While all of my wall sockets are designed for grounded plugs... none of them actually seem to be grounded. Upon examination of the wall sockets, it was revealed that there was a ground wire connected to the socket. So next I checked the main panel. And it also seemed to have a ground wire (but I could not follow it to the actual point of grounding as it disappears into the mortor of the wall).
Now I can understand why to the Balinese it isn't a big deal to ground things, as they probably don't use too much equipment that require grounding. But I'm wondering what I should do in this situation.
I've currently bought a quality voltage stabilizer (not for the main line, but that you'd plug into an outlet)... it has on it's back a grounding point, so I assume if I ground it, anything I plug into it will thus be grounded.
Now I figure I have 2 options, ground the entire house (and then maybe have get each socket checked for proper grounding, and thus maybe have to go through a bit a rigamaroll) or pound a galvanized rod into ground and directly from the stabilizer, ground to it. Personally, I'd prefer the second option. But as to finding a galvanized rod, or a reputable electrician I'm stumped. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.
Also, we've upped the power considerably (and legally) since moving into our place, and I would say that even at the beginning, at the lower power levels, the ground wire from the main box definitely seemed small.
If anyone's had to work through something like this, please help a frustrated computer user out.
I'm new to the forums... and somewhat to Bali. I rent a house here and have come upon an interesting problem.
While all of my wall sockets are designed for grounded plugs... none of them actually seem to be grounded. Upon examination of the wall sockets, it was revealed that there was a ground wire connected to the socket. So next I checked the main panel. And it also seemed to have a ground wire (but I could not follow it to the actual point of grounding as it disappears into the mortor of the wall).
Now I can understand why to the Balinese it isn't a big deal to ground things, as they probably don't use too much equipment that require grounding. But I'm wondering what I should do in this situation.
I've currently bought a quality voltage stabilizer (not for the main line, but that you'd plug into an outlet)... it has on it's back a grounding point, so I assume if I ground it, anything I plug into it will thus be grounded.
Now I figure I have 2 options, ground the entire house (and then maybe have get each socket checked for proper grounding, and thus maybe have to go through a bit a rigamaroll) or pound a galvanized rod into ground and directly from the stabilizer, ground to it. Personally, I'd prefer the second option. But as to finding a galvanized rod, or a reputable electrician I'm stumped. Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated.
Also, we've upped the power considerably (and legally) since moving into our place, and I would say that even at the beginning, at the lower power levels, the ground wire from the main box definitely seemed small.
If anyone's had to work through something like this, please help a frustrated computer user out.