coffeefan71

When I first moved in, the majority of the outlets weren't grounded; 4 in the living room, 4 in the bedroom. When I reported the problem to the super, he wasn't able to fix it and then claimed that since the building was grounded I shouldn't worry. I spoke to an electrician friend and he said that this is wrong and to contact the Housing Authority (who has gotten complaints about my building before) 9 months later an electrician came out and fixed the problem. Though a couple of months after that I slammed a cabinet door closed and one of the lights in my kitchen overhead came on. The heater fan is only 2-3 years old and never had a problem running it last winter. Thanks you everyone.

Thanks for your information. The GFCI outlet is in my kitchen and the outlet where I plug my surge protector is in my living room. It's a 1 bedroom apartment. These outlets are along the "same" wall, The doorway to my bedroom separates them. Without testing them on the circuit box, I think these two outlets are on the same circuit.

On Saturday as I was making toast, I noticed the 'Grounded' light on a surge protector (which was plugged into a separate outlet) was slightly blinking. The model of surge protector has two green lights; one for Protected and the other for Grounded. When these are lit, it means the protector is doing it's job. Once the toaster oven was done, the Grounded light stopped blinking. The outlet the toaster oven was plugged into is a GFCI which I'm guessing is on the same circuit as the surge protector. On Sunday I plugged a heater fan into the GFCI outlet and ran it. The surge protector light didn't blink, however 5/10 minutes later the GFCI reset button popped out. Any suggestions/advice, Please and Thank you.