BETA-33 wrote:
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what kind of line do you have BX 2 wire romex, K&T?

if its BX and good ground you can connect the ground to the box and
begin upgrading to all grounded outlets
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It is 2-wire (black and white) -- in a single non-metallic sheath. I don't
know if that is called BX or whatever.

No, that's Romex (trade name, but what they hey, it's what it's called).

If it's 12/2 w/no g, then the boxes aren't grounded (there's no ground
to ground them with) so it really doesn't matter too much what you do w/
the new ground wire--it won't be grounded to anything, either.

But, it won't hurt anything (nor help anything, either, of course) to
connect the ground wire to the metal boxes at each end. Then, if you do
go back and add the ground back to the panel, that's done for the new one.

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