my new house is so old it doesn't have any earth circuit in the electricity. kinda freaks me out a bit because there is some voltage leak into the earth pins of the multi-adaptors. feels like typical 12V leak from a computer.

i may have to do an elimination test to find out which device has an earth leak. probably need to dust out my PC, at least, that's a common cause of a ground fault like that.

the other thing is, ugh, i don't like it one bit, but replacing the wires is a huge pain. i'm going to ask the owner if i can get a hole drilled in the wall and put a single wire cable through and find some old rebar and sand it so it's got good contact and run the wire down to a point buried in the garden. it will be nice anyway to have an earth that i know is fully functional in my room so i can pin my conductive sheet and foot mat to it, as well as earthing my gear. the PC does actually have an earth circuit in it, and it's supposed to earth the whole case, it passes through the motherboard to the case and connects up to the PSU. sorta reminds me, that the case is not fully closed up.

ugh. no earth. lol. this is dodgy.

they certainly didn't have devices like these back when they made this house that's for sure. and the socket is just two holes in a plastic panel. i think this is the first time i've been in a building this old in europe. it's about 40-50 years old.

maybe i should do better than that and actually pay an electrician to put earth and new sockets into all the place, i'll ask the owner about this when he visits next. he wants some new wiring done anyway, so we could combine it and at least get earth into the upper floor anyway. not so important downstairs, although it seems kinda sketch to me to not have earth on washing machines and hot water systems.