Originally Posted By: westom
Please read what is written and not what you want to see. I never said anything about a ground wire.
Originally Posted By: westom
Electricians did not install a three prong receptacle because no safety ground wire existed.
Originally Posted By: westom
If a circuit had three conductors, then the receptacle was already a three prong type. It is a two prong receptacle because a code sufficient safety ground wire does not exist.
Originally Posted By: westom
Code is quite clear about this. A three prong receptacle can only exist if a third (safety ground) wire exists
You can see the confusion here.
Please read what is written and not what you want to see. I never said anything about a ground wire.
Originally Posted By: westom
Electricians did not install a three prong receptacle because no safety ground wire existed.
Originally Posted By: westom
If a circuit had three conductors, then the receptacle was already a three prong type. It is a two prong receptacle because a code sufficient safety ground wire does not exist.
Originally Posted By: westom
Code is quite clear about this. A three prong receptacle can only exist if a third (safety ground) wire exists
You can see the confusion here.