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Eric in North TX wrote:
electrical inspector wrote:
what good is a gfci that is ungrounded
it won't even trip the damn thing
stop giving useless advice.

Bull****


Yeah, amazing too when the guy uses the name "electrical inspector",
which he obviously isn;t. Of course a GFCI will work and trip in an
ungrounded outlet. In fact a GFCI will make what was an ungrounded
outlet safer than a regular grounded outlet without GFCI.

I also agree with the other advice given, ie to figure out the current
rating of the circuit, what else is on it, etc, as that may present a
bigger issue.



what a knob of coarse it will trip
the question is are you trippin?

Actually, with a GFCI you don't HAVE to have a ground wire. In fact,
according to the National Electrical Code, you can use a GFCI to replace a
two wire outlet, so long as you label it as such. It will protect the
outlet from lethal shocks but it will not provide a ground connection at the
third prong.


you have to watch these imbeciles in ahr
it is like a meeting of the mindless.