Grounding receptacles

We bought an older house and it has the old style OUTLETS and we want to convert them to the grounded type.

Replacing them is no problem, But how do you get them GROUNDED ??

All help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Tuck

 

Getting them grounded is difficult -- it requires you to run a grounding wire from the receptacle back to the panel. This is a lot of hard work if you have a ranch home with an unfinished basement, a crawl space, or an attic. However, in many other cases, it is impractically difficult. So you should look into alternatives.

If you just want to be able to plug in things with three prongs, or if you just want to provide additional safety for your family, GFCI is usually the answer. This is usually easy, inexpensive, and within the skills of most homeowners. If you choose this solution, post back for more information, or merely search this forum for "GFCI".

If you want to protect your sensitive electronic equipment, it's usually better to either move, live with the risk, or ground just that one receptacle where your computer is plugged in.

 

Thanks John,
I was afraid that was the solution. Seeings we just bought the house, moving is out . LOL
The basement is finished but I can get to the wiring. I may have to re-pull some of it or try getting a ground to them.
I guess keep my best bet is to keep my insurance paid and live with it.

Your information is greatly appreciated tho.

Thanks,

Tim

 

If only grounding this one receptacle is it possible, at a later date and when it's needed, to splice into this grounding wire to ground another receptacle?g

 

If you are only running a separate ground wire you need to run an unspliced wire to each recepticle from the main house ground. I would suggest if you have to run a ground wire why not just run an nm cable have a complete new wire.

 

Thanks for the reply. We will consider using new wire instead of just the ground.
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