I would suggest hiring a professional to verify your suspicions. If indeed
your outlets are ungrounded and caused this damage and you expect to get
reimbursed by your landlord, a professional's word would be harder to refute



"SavageHenry" wrote in message
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I suspect that not one, but two outlets in my apartment are ungrounded.
And I say that I suspect this because while they do have the typical
"3-hole" outlet, both have caused serious problems with the appliances
attached to them (I suspect that hole number 3 is not connected to
anything). One of them was a cheap microwave and many fireworks
resulted, but no big loss. Unfortunately the other was my friend's $300
PA amp which not only shocked the crap out of me, but seems to have
killed the amp as well. Before I take all of this up with my landlord,
I am hoping I can prove the wiring is faulty (possibly with a
multi-meter?). Can someone with some electrical experience please offer
their suggestions? Thanks.