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Default Buying Condo, GFCI Problems

On Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 5:07:40 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 2:56:59 PM UTC-6, trader_4 wrote:
It's anyone's guess as to what all is wrong. If it was contructed when
grounds were required, there should be grounds present at all the outlets.
It's not real old wiring with no grounds is it?


No. The condo was built somewhere between 1992 and 1995. I checked a few of the outlets in the living room and bedroom. They showed 120 volts between the hot line and the ground.


Then the appropriate outlets in the baths, kitchen, garage (if there is one),
should be GFCI protected. It's not unusual for one outlet somewhere to be
protecting other outlets downstream, but you should have seen some somewhere
and as you say, your test gizmo didn't trip any. Possible somebody with their
own agenda took them out.