On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Mike Rambour wrote:
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> I have to redo my bathroom and this old house is wired with 2 wire plugs
> everywhere and no grounds. Plans are to rewire the house someday in the
> not distant future but right now termites have me doing the bath. I was
> thinking of re-wiring the bathroom while there is no drywall on it with
> 3-prong plugs. Can I run the ground wire to one of the many water lines in
> that wall and at least get a ground so I can legally put in 3prong plugs
> ? At the same I can run romex up to the attic to I can do a proper 3 wire
> when we redo the rest of the house wiring later this year but I thought
> maybe by going to a water pipe I could avoid pulling that drywall off later.
>
> Mike
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.
Tim
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'87 Chevy El Camino, '90 Plymouth Laser
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