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Disconn3cted
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question about grounded outlets

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I just moved into a new apartment and my microwave says it needs to be plugged into a grounded outlet. I don't think this apartment has any grounded outlets so my questions are. Does it really need to be plugged into a grounded outlet? Is there anyway I can make an outlet grounded?

edit: I don't know what a grounded outlet is...Is it an outlet with switches? Or is it just a three pronged outlet?
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Three pronged outlet.
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the circle type one is the ground connection and what above said
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They all should be grounded. The bottom prong. Cant imagine an apartment being allowed to live in if it didn't have grounded plugs.
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