I have leaking currents issues in my apartment. There are some appliances in the apartment that don't have a problem with a wall socket that doesn't have a ground; like, TV, mobile charger, laptop charger, water heater, clothes washer, electric oven and router.
But there are other appliances that have a problem and need grounding to get rid of these leaking currents in the apartment which are; the PC rig power supply and my dish washer, but what is the reason of getting electric shock in my apartment ! I don't know.
The dish washer most the time shock me when I touch its internal metal surface, and my PC power supply is under the stress of leaking currents all the time ! Every time I touch the edges of the case I get an electric shock.
I thought the power supply is faulty, and I bought a new one and the same problem ! Then I learned that power supply need the ground but why exactly, I don't know.
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Now it come to the configuration of electrical installation in my country. We now in modern cities, have 3-ph, star connection to the main panel of each apartment. Between each phase is 391V and any phase with neutral is 220V.
I think the neutral is also connected to the earth because in the main panel there's a big black wire that's going down with the 3-ph cables too. But I'm not sure if it's really going to a REAL ground of the building.
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OK guys I have some new stuff I found inside the apartment :)
Today I did a trick that my colleagues told me to do.
Which is to connect the power strip and measure the voltages between L-GND and N-GND, and the results are interesting !
Without a power strip, that if I connect the DMM to the wall outlet directly then I won't find any voltages between L-GND and N-GND. But when I connect the power strip I find that L-GND gives 103V and N-GND 85V !! Why that ??
There are the photos I took this evening.
I did 2 tests with the DMM. 1 is using only one DMM probe and the other is floating 2 using both DMM probes.
First floating test:
This is live because it gives 23V
This is of course is neutral
Voltage from L-GND and N-GND on the power strip:
This should be L-GND because it's higher voltage of 103V
This is N-GND
This is the power strip from inside:
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