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01-09-08, 03:30 PM
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What is the best way to check for a good ground....

What is the best way to check for a good ground. I have all my older receptacles with pigtails and secured to the metal box so I know for a fact that the receptacle to the box is good, I just want to...
01-09-08, 02:34 PM
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Posted By brianhunter01

Now as far as checking the ground to see if you...

Now as far as checking the ground to see if you have a good ground with a multimeter you talked about touching the metal or spiral and hot and if you got around 120 +/- 10 then you had a good ground....
01-08-08, 05:39 PM
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Posted By brianhunter01

two questions. My first question is I noticed...

two questions. My first question is I noticed that in my house where there is this older wiring from 1952, there was added receptacles probably 10 yrs ago. They ran it off one of the older receptacle...
01-08-08, 12:50 PM
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Posted By brianhunter01

when you say you check with a meter, how do you...

when you say you check with a meter, how do you do that? Do you check the hot and touch the metal part of the cable? I would assume if was not grounded you would not get any results
01-07-08, 04:00 PM
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Posted By brianhunter01

Confused (Two-wired ungrounded receptacles)

I see many posts about two wire ungrounded receptacles recently. I have seen this with regards to 50yr old wire and 60yr old wire. Now I know a lot of wire back then was BX. Now I was under the...
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