Comment on Upgrading ungrounded two-prong outlets to grounded three-prong?
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week agoGFCI doesn’t change the fact that there is potentially no ground wire.
Comment on Upgrading ungrounded two-prong outlets to grounded three-prong?
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week agoGFCI doesn’t change the fact that there is potentially no ground wire.
keckbug@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Well no, but short of a rewire, a gfci with sticker is the code-compliant way to plug in three pin plugs to an ungrounded receptacle.
A rewire is the right solution but utterly impractical for many. Just silently swapping in new receptacles and leaving the ground unconnected is easy but not compliant. This is the middle ground.