1959. The wires are copper with plastic insulation. Only 2 wires go to
each outlet.


"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in
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That in itself does not verify that there is no ground in the cable,
only that it is not attached to the outlet. What are the cables made
of? what year was the house built?



"crabshell" wrote in message
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According to my inspector, the electrical outlets have no ground.
Most of the outlets around the house are 2-prong. He said even the
few 3 prong plugs are not connected to a ground.



"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in
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CATV installers often do not snake wires or run them internally.
They can be run with Cat5 and terminated on the same wall plate.
Electricians and alarm companies often run these cables, snaked in
walls . All your cables should be home runs to a designated point,
usually where the main line comes to the building. Are your non
grounded cables non metallic, and how did you determine that they
have no grounds?



"Crabshell" wrote in message
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This may be the wrong place to ask this question, but here goes. I
need to
wire the house for cable (TV). This is a peer and beam house with
limited attic space -- an attic install would require a hearty,
short person with a tolerance for blown insulation.

Questions:

1) The cable TV installer said he couldn't do the job under the
house because he needed some sort of right angle drill bit. He
said I should call an electrician. What's that all about?

2) I figure I should run CAT 5 cable along side the coax at the
same time to be proactive. Can they coexist side by side without
interference?

3) Is it cool to run the lines straight under the house from point
A to point B or should they snake around the perimeter, walls and
beams to stay out of the way? (I like to do things the right way
if it doesn't double the cost.)

4) My house has no ground wires running to fixtures or outlets.
Should this be done at the same time or is that a whole other mess
to deal with later?

Thanks in advance,
Crabshell