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Re: quickie elect. question

To: "Timothy R. Hoerning" <hoerni@cooper.edu>, shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: quickie elect. question
From: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:46:02 -0700
>         I've been following this thread but I'm still a bit confused.  What
>is the house currently wired with?  Is it BX?  I thought BX used the shield
>for ground.  Or is it something older than that?
>
>         My house was all 2 prong when I moved in (with BX) and I've wired a
>number of sockets to 3 prong without any problem.

  I would not know BX from BS so let me describe it differently...it looks 
like 2 wire romex but its kind of a fabric covering, NOT on the wires 
themselves that is normal vinyl just the sleeve that holds them 
together.  Its only 2 wires at the breaker box also, no ground anywhere.  I 
have also put in some 3 prongs with only 2 wires a few times but that is 
not legal and not safe either since you assume you have a valid ground when 
you see 3 prong plugs.

   Since this is a bathroom and I had the drywall off I thought I would try 
and get it right.  The GFCI actually had instructions for 2 wire wiring so 
from that I assumed it was ok and I checked with the codes and it is 
legal.  I ran new romex with ground and connected the ground on the 2 plugs 
but the ground is not connected to anything in the attic, it will be later 
this year (summer sometime) when we put in a new main panel but this way I 
don't have to pull the drywall back off the bathroom. It was designed to be 
a temporary fix but the GFCI solved all the problems for me.

         Mike

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