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Ground outlet to telephone line?
I have an ungrounded outlet right next to an old-style four pronged telephone jack. With a temporary setup I get a good ground per my outlet tester when grounding the outlet via the grounding prong in the telephone jack. I want to use a 1amp AC/DC converter on this outlet, and I want it to be grounded. Can I take advantage of this nearby phoneline ground or is the wiring too small for a safe ground for this converter?
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NO you can not. The telephone wire is probably only #22 or 24. Much too small to use for a power line ground.
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NO you can't do that!
Not safe! Warning, Danger, etc.!!! Have an electrician pull a new wire from the panel and be sure the panel grounding is "up to snuff". |
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Some telephone blocks have as big as an 8 gage ground. Better check the size!
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