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Ups Backup Problems

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Defiance1

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No im not talking about shipping, im talking about a battery backup. About a week ago I bought a Belkin 550VA UPS off newegg. So I read the manual, followed the instructions, charged it, and all that stuff. Well on the back there is lit up red light that says "Site Wiring Error." After scouring through the manual they claim these are the reasons for this light being emitted: 1. Open or high-resistance ground 2. Hot and neutral polarity reversal 3. Overloaded neutral circuit. Don't get me wrong, I know quite a bit about technology, but they don't include what this means in the manual. So what exactly does this mean? Will it not work? Will it not be safe? How can I fix this? Please keep in mind this is the only appliance plugged into that specific outlet and has been screwed into the grounding screw(not sure if the actual screw is grounded).
 
More than likely it is a grounding problem. Pull the cover off of the wall outlet. Check to see if the outlet is truely grounded. You should see a wireset come into the wall box. There should be 3 wires coming out of the wireset, a black, a white, and an uncovered copper wire. The copper wire is the ground and should be connected to the outlet. If there are only two wires coming out of the wireset, the wiring in your house/apartment probably aren't grounded correctly. The exception to this would be if a seperate grounding wire was run through the walls to your outlet.
Wiring sucks in older (70's and older) places. I only have 2 outlets in my apartment that are properly grounded, making me run an extension cord from one side of my place to the other.
If you do have a poor/open ground, do not plug your computer into the outlet.
Someone please correct me if I'm a little off on any of this. I only have experience through trial and error on my own gear.
 
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