Big Al wrote:
Friend of mine is remodeling the kitchen in a 40's home. No ground circuit
to anything. He wants to add some GFI receptacles to the kitchen. Is this a
good or bad idea? As far as we can tell, the wire to the kitchen area is
imbedded in plaster. Does not appear to be in conduit. The fuses are screw
in plug fuses.

Al



It's supposed to have a little sticker on it that says, "No Equipment
Ground". That makes it OK. :-)

The kitchen outlet right by the sink is like that in my house. It's on
an exterior wall, so very difficult to run a ground wire to it. I just
put in a GFCI outlet and let the ground float. There was just one
kitchen circuit, so I ran another one and it's grounded.

Best regards,
Bob