Extension Cord Ground Prong - How Important is It?

The ground prong on an extension cord is extremely important, so never cut it off or if it's broken, replace the cord end. In this video I demonstrate the safety function that equipment grounding/earthing provides.

[Brian_]

Excellent video Terry, clear and concise. 👍

[brianwilliams]

Iam glade u made this video cuz I was jus about too cut it off ...thanks

[KalaJon-lizd]

Hi Terry peterman, i remember years back ago a few of my friends back in College life had a nice power stripe with a surge protector but the kitchen had 2 outlet only so they cut the 3rd ground prong out and had then microwave and other plugged in. What people should do in that case if a 3rd ground prong ground doesn’t fit is cut off the plug and install a new 2 prong plug and then wire the ground wire to the Black hot wire I believe it is and then they can have the 2 prong.

[mimiclayton]

I recently got some earthing sheets, the outlet by my bed is ungrounded, is it sage to use and grounding GFCI extention cord to ground the sheets or could this be dangerous? Thanks so much for all your videos, just subscribed to your video's and have recommended you to friends 😊

[GURBUS_was_taken]

So if a surge protector has a cut prong but the cords of the devices plugged in are 3 prong does that mean the only shock hazard is the surge protector??? Or does everything become a hazard?

[SleepParty]

Hi, I have a question. My TV screen has a normal 3-prong connector, and I just bought an extension cord. But I notice that the extension cord's third hole, the ground hole, doesn't have any metal in it; it's just the plastic hole, but the other two holes do have metal inside. Is this normal?

[jonrend]

Question. What if your extension cord plugs into a socket in the wall that is not grounded but you have the 3 prong cable plugged into the extension cord and going to your device?

[sal]

What If the other end has a 2 prong input slot

[binajoseph]

What do you get i the third part of it strick in side of the out what should you do.

[knutblaise]

Would you expect the same shocking results if you plugged a 3 prong device into a 3 to 2 prong adapter and plugged the 2 prong adapter into a 2 prong wall socket?

[davidgamble]

So, what's the difference between gutting a ground and converting a 3-prong to a 2-prong by using a converter? Why do people treat these situations so differently?

[deejay_monsta]

Some advice to help with your channel here.... Do an animated illustration of a cartoon person touching the table saw & being electricuted.😅
(Funny, but not funny.)
It will definitely get the point across of how serious that is! 🤨

[da-random-user]

Well my school's extension cord ground pin is gone


Wonder how that will go