On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:00:21 -0700, Charles Spitzer wrote:

"Mike Ruskai" wrote in message

[snip]
Just use a modern outlet. Screw a ground wire into the outlet box, and
connect that to the ground screw on the outlet (the green one). It won't
be properly grounded (unless the box is actually grounded, which is
unlikely), but there's no harm in wiring it that way. It won't be any
worse for grounded appliances than using those three prong/two prong
adapters.

good way to get the next owner to curse you, expecting a 3 prong outlet to
be properly wired with a ground.

There are countless ways to annoy possible future owners of a house.
Unless a sale is imminent, worrying about future owners is no way to
dictate how to handle a simple problem like replacing a busted outlet. A
sale in this day and age would almost certainly be contingent upon
updating the wiring of the house, and no competent home inspector is going
to think one three-prong outlet in the middle of many two-prong outlets is
actually grounded.

There's no non-pedantic reason to hunt all over for an old outlet.


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- Mike

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