Ralph Mowery wrote:
"ctd4x4" wrote in message
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I picked up a nifty receptacle/GFCI tester, and was surprised that a
number of outlets in the older part of our house (most of the house is
a later addition) are not grounded.

Simple enough. I shut off the breaker, pulled the faceplate and the
outlet out of the box, and intended to connect the line grounding wire
to the screw on the outlet.

After stripping back the sheathing, I realized that the feed cable is
not equipped with a green or bare copper grounding wire. There's just
a black and white.

My question is, short of rewiring the circuit, how do I ground these
outlets?



There are only 2 ways to get a grounded outlet. Replace the wiring with
wire that has a black, white, and green or bare wire in it. You can also
run a green or bare wire to each outlets grounding screw and then back to
the fuse/braker box. With only 2 wires you can not get agrounded outlet.




Yes you could.

But it couldn't power anything.....G

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia
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