I'm living in a room where half the outlets are hot/neutral reversed, according to my little yellow outlet tester. I know of one effect of this: every time I change a lightbulb in the recessed lighting fixtures, I have to make sure the switch is turned off, so I don't get an electrical shock from touching the outer metal casing of the recessed fixture.
But I also have a bunch of other weird electrical problems, and I was wondering if they will also likely be the result of the hot/neutral reverse. One is that every time I turn my computer on or off, my speakers make a loud pop-click-pop. The speakers are large, powered from a separate amp. It only happens when the amp is actually plugged into the computer though, so it's probably a crappy sound card.
The other, is that I have a desk fan, a self-powered usb hub, and my computer, all plugged into a nice Kensington EMI filtering power bar. And every time I turn off or change the speed of the fan, I hear a 'ding' and my USB devices disconnect from the computer for about 2 seconds before reconnecting. I would have thought EMI filtering would fix that! I also tried a non-filtering power bar, just to be sure, but same issue.
So other than getting electrocuted by touching metal casings, what are some other definite symptoms of having hot/neutral reversed? Just curious, I'm going to fix it anyway.
But I also have a bunch of other weird electrical problems, and I was wondering if they will also likely be the result of the hot/neutral reverse. One is that every time I turn my computer on or off, my speakers make a loud pop-click-pop. The speakers are large, powered from a separate amp. It only happens when the amp is actually plugged into the computer though, so it's probably a crappy sound card.
The other, is that I have a desk fan, a self-powered usb hub, and my computer, all plugged into a nice Kensington EMI filtering power bar. And every time I turn off or change the speed of the fan, I hear a 'ding' and my USB devices disconnect from the computer for about 2 seconds before reconnecting. I would have thought EMI filtering would fix that! I also tried a non-filtering power bar, just to be sure, but same issue.
So other than getting electrocuted by touching metal casings, what are some other definite symptoms of having hot/neutral reversed? Just curious, I'm going to fix it anyway.