On Sep 15, 7:19 pm, "David Martel" wrote:
Meth,

Thanks for the detailed reply. Holyheck, that's a lot of lath and
plaster walls to rip out - 2nd floor to the basement. The landlord
downstairs probably won't be interested in having his walls
disturbed. Nothing can be easy can it.. Wonder if anyone else has
suggestions. I'll see if I can get a lightbulb tester over those
voltages..

Sorry but it really sounds as if you are in over your head. An
electrician could "fish" a ground wire from the junction box without doing
too much damage to the walls. You don't seem to know what a ground is and
are not getting good readings from a voltmeter.
The landlord would be crazy to allow you to work on his house.

Dave M.

Perhaps take some lessons in tact from derbydad03; he essentially said
the same thing that you did without the assumptions and inflamatory
verbage. Also, read the part where I said "looks like it's not such a
good idea anyways" and then stroke your ego with your insincere
'sorry' somewhere else. If at least your insults, however true, were
value added with a scrap of useful information, then by all means,
honesty is great. For example: "You don't seem to know what a ground
is. It's (short description of *your* definition)" Yes I know, it's
not your job and you're not being paid to instruct or teach... Nope,
you're just here to berate ppl and make yourself feel important.
Futher, "not getting good readings from a voltmeter" is completely
baseless. Those are the readings period. It could be phantom, it
could be real - but voltage is voltage, - you know, as long as we're
being pedants. Perhaps you meant "You're not coming to the right
conclusions with the voltmeter alone." Probably true... funny, I
mentioned that I planned to use a lightbulb tester on it too.. Perhaps
you missed that in your zeal to shoot at an easy target.