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is gfci outlet good replacement for two-prong non-grounded outlet ?? mwisner69 12-04-2006
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Posted by on December 4, 2006, 12:26 pm



Hi,

I own a house built in the 1950's so currently none of the outlets are
grounded. idealy/eventually i want to add a grounding rod and rewire
the house but until then i was wondering how good of an idea replacing
all the 2-prong outlets with GFCIs is ? My understanding is that such
a replacement is blessed by the NEC ?

Thanks in advance,
Matt


Posted by on December 4, 2006, 12:38 pm



mwisner69@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I own a house built in the 1950's so currently none of the outlets are
> grounded. idealy/eventually i want to add a grounding rod and rewire
> the house but until then i was wondering how good of an idea replacing
> all the 2-prong outlets with GFCIs is ? My understanding is that such
> a replacement is blessed by the NEC ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Matt


Yes, a GFCI will work and offer protection without a ground. You
don't need to replace all the outlets. Any outlets that are fed
downstream from the one with the GFCI are also protected.


Posted by Charles Schuler on December 4, 2006, 5:06 pm



>
> Hi,
>
> I own a house built in the 1950's so currently none of the outlets are
> grounded. idealy/eventually i want to add a grounding rod and rewire
> the house but until then i was wondering how good of an idea replacing
> all the 2-prong outlets with GFCIs is ? My understanding is that such
> a replacement is blessed by the NEC ?

GFCIs are subject to nuisance tripping. No way in heck that you want them
on refrigerators and stuff like that.



Posted by alaric on December 5, 2006, 11:01 am



Thanks to all who responded.

wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I own a house built in the 1950's so currently none of the outlets are
> > grounded. idealy/eventually i want to add a grounding rod and rewire
> > the house but until then i was wondering how good of an idea replacing
> > all the 2-prong outlets with GFCIs is ? My understanding is that such
> > a replacement is blessed by the NEC ?GFCIs are subject to nuisance tripping.
No way in heck that you want them
> on refrigerators and stuff like that.


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