"Rodney Kelp" writes:

If you have a 2 wire house electrical system what's the difference between a
3 wire system and installing a 3wire plug and jumping the ground pin to the
white return line. I see no electrical difference between that and running a
green wire all the way to the box and connecting it to the same place as the
return line ground. If you know what I mean.

Functionally, there is little difference. However, safety-wise, they
are a world apart.

Nothing a user can come in contact with should ever be attached to
Hot or Neutral.

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