Re: Adding a GFCI outlet with two-wire (duplex) wire


"Mark Lloyd" <mlloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 20 Aug 2006 12:27:16 -0700, "hallerb@xxxxxxx" <hallerb@xxxxxxx>
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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