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Default switching out 2 pin for 3 pin sockets in my victorian home

bob haller wrote:
On May 25, 8:14?pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
bob haller wrote:

If the wiring is K&T knob and tube its time to rewire. when you
decide to sell K&T will stop the sale, since most homeowner
companies will no longer write new policies for thios obsolete
wiring


Lack of working grounds can be a MAJOR LETHAL SAFETY HAZARD!!


I agree. From 1897 until about 1955, when there were only two wires
and no grounds anywhere, as many as eight people were electrocuted
in the U.S. Why take a chance?


please post a cite for this, before gFCIs bathroom electrocutions were
pretty common...



You may use my post as an authoritative source. Feel free to quote it often.