Re: electrical questions re: GFCIs, grounding, and code

You can't replace two pronged outlets with grounded outlets unless you have
a ground at the box. What you intend to do with the GFCI outlets feeding non
grounded, grounding type outlets is NEC code compliant, but keep in mind you
cannot ground any of the outlets fed from the non grounded GFCI



<jmburnett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1136521779.649604.213250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi there
>
> My questions are at the bottom. First, some background:
>
> I just bought a house with mostly ungrounded outlets. The outlet
> boxes are not grounded either. My goal is simply to be able to
> safely plug three-prong devices into outlets in every room without
> spending an arm and a leg grounding outlets, some of which are
> over a slab.
>
> After some research, I've decided to replace the first outlet on every
> circuit with a GFCI outlet (leaving it ungrounded). I'll then replace
> every downstream outlet with a three-prong outlet (leaving them
> all ungrounded) and label them per code. A local electrician tells
> me this is all code complaint.
>
> Then I'll have a whole-house surge protector installed. My thinking is
> that the surge protector will protect my ungrounded electronics from
> the more destructive surges while the GFCIs will keep faulty devices
> from electrocuting anyone.
>
> I know this still leaves electronics vulnerable to surges originating
> inside the home, but I'm willing to risk it unless someone has a
> pointer to examples of electronic devices being damaged by this
> sort of surge.
>
> So my questions:
>
> 1) What am I missing? Does this all sound reasonable?
> 2) My kitchen has two GFCI outlets (each side of sink) on the
> same circuit. Can I pilfer one and use it elsewhere in the house
> or will this be a code violation?
> 3) I have two bathrooms on the same circuit, each with one outlet
> and both outlets have GFCIs. The first outlet in this circuit is in a
> bedroom across the hall. Can I move one GFCI to the bedroom and
> replace the other with a regular 3-prong outlet?
>
> Thanks!
>


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