Ungrounded Outlets and Power Surges
#1
07-18-02, 05:50 PM
Ungrounded Outlets and Power Surges
I have ungrounded wiring in my home. For some reason when you hook a volt meter on the positive side of the outlet and to the ground of a surge protector plugged into this ungrounded outlet I get 63 volts. I should get zero. It does the same thing to neg and ground. My house doesn't have ground wire running through it. Can I replace the two prong ungrounded outlet with a three prong outlet and run a heavy gauge shielded copper wire out to a 4 or 5 ft grounding rod driven deep into the ground?
Thank you,
gf
Thank you,
gf
#2
07-18-02, 06:22 PM
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Can I replace the two prong ungrounded outlet with a three prong outlet and run a heavy gauge shielded copper wire out to a 4 or 5 ft grounding rod driven deep into the ground?
The 63 volts is probably a meaningless reading. When you measure voltage to a floating wire, you can get almost anything due to phantom voltages.
