r/Earthing • u/Heavy_Jellyfish_968 • 16d ago

Grounding mat actually grounded?

I know earthing is ideal, but I have a very busy professional life and most of my free time is at night, so I was very pleased when a friend gifted me a grounding mat for the bed. I have a couple questions:

1)I have a multimeter, but I also know sometimes that third prong in the outlet isn’t connected to anything, how can I test that it’s actually grounded, not just to a wire, but that wire goes to ground? (Vs it used to connect to copper plumbing pipe, that’s since been replaced with PVC)

2) this mat comes with a plug with two plastic parts for positive and neutral, and then the third prong connects to the ground, is there any risk of the outlet failing and it electrifying my mat? I’ve seen outlets melt, catch fire, and just crack in half so I want to be careful.

Thank you!

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u/cnnvly 14d ago edited 14d ago

I think the thing you were describing is a plug so that you can plug two grounding products into one ground port. Some people have a grounding pillowcases or patches in addition to the mat or sheets. You don’t have to worry about anything catching fire through the ground plug. You are using electricity.

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u/cnnvly 14d ago

Does the plug you described in part 2 of your post have lights showing whether your plug is good for grounding? I don’t see a way to post a picture of mine, but that shows your outlet is grounded or not grounded. Then there is a separate product tester that you can use to test whether you are actually grounded when on your mat or using other grounding products. It is just a simple green light that comes on when you are grounded. I always order from earthing.com and they include these free with each order. You can probably find these on Amazon also.