Re: Electricians: I need your advice

btrip <bryontrip@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1c525adf-8f2e-4603-a639-
54124c5b47bd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Anyway, it is an older house, so none of the outlets are grounded,
though they are all three prong outlets. I'm assuming it could be a
good amount of work to ground these outlets. Is this really a bad
thing?

There is one situation where not having a ground wire is OK, and that's
if all the electric is run inside metal conduit. In that case, the
conduit acts as the ground return, so no third wire is necessary. (Also
makes a great nail guard! :) )

I'm pretty sure armored BX also falls into this category, but I'm sure
Bryan can confirm or repudiate that.

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