Not Windows related but computer electrical/power question...

I should be moving in a couple weeks. New (older) house has 2-prong receptacles (no ground) and AFCI/GFCI breakers (so the panel was upgraded but not the wiring)

What is the best practice (short of re-wiring) for protecting computers in this situation? UPS to protect against the breaker tripping (just to avoid sudden, unexpected shutdowns)?

The computers are my desktop and my trueNAS box.

Roadrunr said:

I should be moving in a couple weeks. New (older) house has 2-prong receptacles (no ground) and AFCI/GFCI breakers (so the panel was upgraded but not the wiring)

What is the best practice (short of re-wiring) for protecting computers in this situation? UPS to protect against the breaker tripping (just to avoid sudden, unexpected shutdowns)?

The computers are my desktop and my trueNAS box.

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Either UPS plugged into a grounded outlet, or get an electrician to ground the outlet your computer(s) will use.
If the computers will be on the first floor... it should be fairly cheap to have a few good three prong outlets installed.
If the computers are in the basement (cellar), if you have one, then the electrician will be really cheap.

Because the panel is grounded, all they have to do is run a new wire from the panel to the outlet(s).
We used to do that a lot. Even in two story buildings. Although two stories, gets a bit more labor intensive.

If the power from the pole is iffy, then get an UPS and an electrician out there.



For the first floor, they'll cut the hole for the outlet, and then from below... they'll drill a hole in the sill plate.
Then they'll stick a snake in the outlet hole and fish it down through the sill plate, to pull the wire up.

There are other ways to do it... but the point is... it's fairly easy and cheap.