On Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:26:17 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 11:50:32 -0500, Sam E
wrote:

On 7/31/19 11:49 AM, trader_4 wrote:

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I was thinking about this again and I wonder why the manufacturers don't
just tell you that if you have a two prong receptacle, another acceptable
option is to install a GFCI receptacle? That would be a lot easier
than running a new circuit with ground.

A GFCI receptacle provides some of the same protection as ground. It
does NOT provide ground.

BTW, I never would have believed it, but some people claim a GFCI
provides ground.

What a GFCI will do is make a marginal ground effective to open the
GFCI in a fault.
More accurately, a GFCI provides protection similar to the
protection provided by a functional ground in the event of an
electrical malfunction in a device plugged into the outlet.