On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 21:14:43 GMT, Suzie-Q
wrote:

I have an old home that has mostly the 2-prong outlets (without the
ground). There are 3-prong outlets in the new add-on and converted
garage, but that's beside the point.

That's pretty much the situation I'm in as well. My house was built
in the early 1920s and the original portion has all 2-prong outlets
and an old fusebox. The new 1960s addition has a breaker box on the
other side of the house and all 3-prong grounded outlets.

One of these days I'd love to run a new sub-panel to my detached
garage/worshop, but it would have to be off the new breaker box and
that's a HELL of a long run for wiring. The current power supply is
run off the fusebox and there's nothing I can change there without
replacing the entire box, which I'll do eventually but it's very low
priority.

Wish I had a solution for the problem.

As far as your problem is concerned, you can replace the 2-prong
outlet with a GFCI that is designed to be non-grounded, they are
available at any home center. They do still make 2-prong but they
seem to be pretty hard to come by in some areas.