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no 'ground wires' present in wiring

  03/15/2004 09:09 AM dan60510
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Grounded outlets

 03/15/2004 10:42 AM k2
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no 'ground wires' present in wiring

 03/15/2004 11:15 AM dan60510

All of the existing outlets are three-prong, typically with just two wires, the black & white (hot & neutral).

Are you saying that maybe they configured the wiring so that the conduit & receptacle frames are serving as the ground?

-Dan.

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BX or sheathed electrical cable

 03/15/2004 12:27 PM Bcelect
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sheathed electrical cable or BX

 03/15/2004 12:36 PM dan60510
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all metal?

 03/15/2004 12:43 PM Bcelect
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ground

 03/15/2004 12:46 PM Bcelect
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metal receptacle

 03/15/2004 12:49 PM dan60510
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gap

 03/15/2004 12:55 PM Bcelect
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no ground

 03/15/2004 03:18 PM devildog




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