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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

"Steve Barker" wrote in message
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easy enough to check. get a plug in tester.

Read the other messages. He said he has nothing but 2 prong outlets, and the
boxes aren't grounded. He's got a mess on his hands.

A mess? My how we love to dramatize. If he has 120 VAC or thereabouts at
the outlet, he's good to go. I've said it before, grounding is way
overrated, and polarity, too. I replaced most of my two prong outlets
with three prong outlets just so I didn't have to keep breaking off
those pesky ground prongs. But I don't care about them not actually
being grounded.

You code addicts can wire your homes anyway you want. 120VAC doesn't
make me the least bit nervous.