7 Sep
2014
7 Sep
'14
9:59 p.m.
Yes, "of course" - else I'd not been able to plug-in the 3-wire outlet
strip that I was connected to.. =)
Don't worry yourselves.. the grounds will go where they need to go, as time
and physical ability allows.
On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
On Sep 7, 2014, at 12:34 PM, drlegendre . <drlegendre at gmail.com> wrote:
...
sometime in the early 1980s, but apparently code didn't require updating
of
all the outlets at that time (either that, or
they just plain shirked
it).
All of the "new" circuits are 3-wire,
but there are still a few legacy
2-wire circuits in here - terminated in new-ish 3-wire outlets, of
course.
?Of course? ? hm. Code allows existing 2-wire circuits to be kept, BUT
you are then required to use 2 prong outlets. Use of 3 prong outlets on a
2 wire branch is a code violation. So the best fix is to install a ground
wire, but failing that the answer is to use the correct outlet.
paul