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All Forum Posts by: Chara Boehm

Chara Boehm has started 1 posts and replied 2 times.

I'm just a novice. So thought that the 2nd screw on each side of the old old outlet was the ground. I can identify the brass and silver, hot and neutral on each side, but there is a 2nd screw on each side. So the installer made an S, having the primary (hot or neutral wrapped nearest the wrapped wire and the very end of the wire forms the second half of the S and terminates under that second screw. I'm really just curious. I know that there is no ground wire. Was going to install a GFIC marked "no grounded" but am even having trouble replacing the circuit box (needed to be deeper for the GFIC, can't seem to get it nailed into the one side stud firmly and square. The back wall in concrete and close to the back of the box - so maybe someone with the correct equipment could attach the box to the concrete. But hey, going to call an electrician now. Good way to spend a Sunday afternoon, figuring out the hassles and complications that electricians face on older homes, etc.

[b]Electrical outlet is without ground wire and the hot and neutral wires are terminated at the ground screws - in other words the hot wire goes to the correct brass screw and the end of it proceeds to the ground screw and terminates under it. Same with the neutral wire. Has anyone seen this before? I've read the early 2009 diaglogue on replacing outlets with 2 prong only (hard to find) or GFIC. Is the termination of the hot and neutral to the ground screws a way of "fooling the inspector"? This is in a bedroom, no microwaves, computers or water. Would the GFIC non-grounded installation be the best bet?