Is that something regional? Because in the US, power strips are often sold as grounded. Examples:
www.homedepot.com/p/…/329675198
www.homedepot.com/p/…/328532018
Product details: “Grounded outlets” “Power strip”
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RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 1 hour agoThat’s not generally how they are sold. A power strip looks like this. A surge protector is grounded.
reddig33@lemmy.world 58 minutes ago
RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 42 minutes ago
If you take them apart like OP, I wonder if they are really grounded.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 39 minutes ago
Could go either way.
I think a surge protector needs the ground to detect the surge.
I own many power strips that are grounded, but have zero surge protection. These are commercial-grade units with built in, real circuit breakers.
I have a bunch of cheap ones with ground too.
I don’t buy surge protectors. They fail in weird ways.
klangcola@reddthat.com 43 minutes ago
Power strips can be grounded or ungrounded.
This particular power strip has ground pins on the outlets, but they’re not connected to anything , making the power strip both dangerous and illegal. OP should notify the seller and relevant authorities.