Cable Matters 3-Pack UL Listed 2 Prong to 3 Prong Adapter: Convert Your 2 Prong Outlet into a 3 Prong Socket with Ease Review

It's better to have them on hand than not because you never know when you're going to have a three-pronged plug and there's nothing to fix without a trip to the hardware store , and it will not be open, when do you have to be?

we moved into a beautiful 100 year old house in new orleans. It's historical and outdated. Has two pin outputs. These adapters work great. I'm not worried about the little ground wire, but so far they've done exactly what I wanted, allowing me to plug my appliances, fans, lights, etc. into outlets and use them with ease.

That weird little green metal tab on the bottom of the adapter really does serve a purpose. This allows you to ground the component you connected to the 2 to 3 pong converter. The correct way to do this is to attach (solder) a wire to a small metal tab with a hole in it, and attach the other end of that wire to a ground rod, electronic ground, or other nearby metal surface. The third connector you bypass with the 2 to 3 pin adapter is the ground pin, which is a safety feature. If you don't do…