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Adding a GFCI outlet with two-wire (duplex) wire android 08-19-2006
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Posted by Mark Lloyd on August 20, 2006, 6:13 pm
wrote:

>
>
>>
>> Not the only one. My house is too new for K&T (built around 1969), but
>> there are still no ground wires (except to laundry area). I do have
>> several GFCIs in use.
>>
>
>1969 what kind of cable in your home?
>
>If its BX its grounded by the cables metal shell........

It's 2-conductor Romex (all 120V circuits except the laundry room
one), nonmetallic jacket, no ground.

The receptacles themselves are all 3-contact, but no ground
connection.
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on August 20, 2006, 6:26 pm

Mark Lloyd wrote:
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Not the only one. My house is too new for K&T (built around 1969), but
> >> there are still no ground wires (except to laundry area). I do have
> >> several GFCIs in use.
> >>
> >
> >1969 what kind of cable in your home?
> >
> >If its BX its grounded by the cables metal shell........
>
> It's 2-conductor Romex (all 120V circuits except the laundry room
> one), nonmetallic jacket, no ground.
>
> The receptacles themselves are all 3-contact, but no ground
> connection.
> --
> Mark Lloyd
> http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
>

sad it passed inspection:(

If I were you I would add ground lines, not hard just time consuming...


Posted by on August 20, 2006, 7:29 pm

> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Not the only one. My house is too new for K&T (built around 1969), but
>>> there are still no ground wires (except to laundry area). I do have
>>> several GFCIs in use.
>>>
>>
>>1969 what kind of cable in your home?
>>
>>If its BX its grounded by the cables metal shell........
>
> It's 2-conductor Romex (all 120V circuits except the laundry room
> one), nonmetallic jacket, no ground.
>
> The receptacles themselves are all 3-contact, but no ground
> connection.
Wow- even in flyover country in southern Indiana, 3-wire circuits were
standard practice, and I assume required, by the early to mid 60s. My
Grandmother's 1961 house was 100-amp 2-wire, my Fathers 1966 folly just down
the street was 200-amp 3-wire. This SW Michigan 1960 cookie cutter was wired
with 3-wire and grounded metal boxes, but 2-hole outlets, which I have since
switched. (Yes, I assume current code requires a ground pigtail to the
outlet, but the test meter is happy, so I'm happy. That old wire is way too
stiff, and there is no slack, so I wasn't about to try fishing the copper
from under the clamps. At least I got the polarity right, unlike the last
guy on half of them.)

aem sends...



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