What the electrician did was "fake" a ground by connecting the "LINE"
side
neutral to the ground screw.

Code violation, right there.

DUH!

We all knew that. We were speculating as to why someone who "knows better"
would do that rather than no connect the outlet grounds to anything.


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Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.