On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:22:18 GMT, "peter" wrote:

"Clueless" wrote in message
.. .
I know someone whose kitchen's wall outlet/receptacle has 3 prong
connector.
However, tester show that they are not grounded.

These receptacles are in the kitchen, where there's plan to plug in
(different
outlet)
- free standing gas oven/range
- refrigerator

My questions are
1. is it dangerous to run these appliances on ungrounded receptacles?
what's the risk with such setup?
2. the handyman who helped with some of the fixup said it's difficult to
"ground" those receptables. It pretty much require toring up parts of
the
kitchen, where cabinets/ceramic tiles are installed, and there's no plan
to do any serious remodeling
To make things more difficult, this is a 3 floor building, where ground
floor is car garage, and 2nd and 3rd floor is residence, and this
kitchen
is on the 3rd floor, and there's no plan to disturb 2nd floor at all
3. one person suggested to put a surge suppressor adaptor between the wall
outlet and appliance, in lieu of a grounded connection. Is this
advisable
4. would a GFCI receptacle/extension cord help in this scenerio

The easiest way to improve the situation is to replace the receptacles with
GFCI ones. You don't need a ground wire to do this, and it greatly improves
safety.

I never thought so, but from reading these things, some people seem to
get the idea that having the GFCI actually provides a ground. It
doesn't.
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