Just looking for a couple idea/opinions/advice from any electricians or electrical gurus.
I recently purchased a 3 bedroom home that was built in 1959. The seller lived in the home for 20 years and didnt change the configuration, but the previous owner converted the house from a 2 bedroom, to a 3 bedroom by bricking in the garage and making a 400 sq ft living room, and the previous living room became the 3rd bedroom. All of the outlets in the house except for 5 in the living room are not grounded. There are 6 more in the living room that are not grounded. The rest in the original house are not grounded either. I changed all the outlets as some of them were changed but a lot of them dated back to the 70s at least.
My panel is a breaker setup that is grounded from outside main panel, and just below that panel is a rod that is driven into the ground, which grounds the main panel. I had an electrician wire in an outlet for my electric dryer and he had no problems ground that to the ground bar in the breaker panel. My problem arose when I moved on Saturday and when trying to set up my washing machine the outlet was only 2 prong and my washing machine requires a ground. When I took the outlet apart I realized that there is a ground wire in there but whoever installed this outlet cut it back in the coating and didnt connect it. I peeled the coating back and connected it to a 3 prong outlet and the washing machine works but the outlet is still ungrounded. My next course of action is to recheck all the other outlets and make sure that there isnt a ground wire present somewhere that was just cut back, and if there is check the breaker panel and connect it there also. If not then somewhere in the near future rewire (ugh not looking forward to that) all the outlets. I know deep down that there is not other options, but the right way is preferred. Am I on the right track with this? There are some breakers grounded on the ground bars in the panel but not all of them, so I know some new wire will have to be ran. Thanks for any ideaa/ expertise.
Oh, and heres a quick pic because it is my first home and I am a bit proud of it:
The window units are gone, the seller was using those instead of fixing the fan on the central unit, this was fixed before the inspection.
I recently purchased a 3 bedroom home that was built in 1959. The seller lived in the home for 20 years and didnt change the configuration, but the previous owner converted the house from a 2 bedroom, to a 3 bedroom by bricking in the garage and making a 400 sq ft living room, and the previous living room became the 3rd bedroom. All of the outlets in the house except for 5 in the living room are not grounded. There are 6 more in the living room that are not grounded. The rest in the original house are not grounded either. I changed all the outlets as some of them were changed but a lot of them dated back to the 70s at least.
My panel is a breaker setup that is grounded from outside main panel, and just below that panel is a rod that is driven into the ground, which grounds the main panel. I had an electrician wire in an outlet for my electric dryer and he had no problems ground that to the ground bar in the breaker panel. My problem arose when I moved on Saturday and when trying to set up my washing machine the outlet was only 2 prong and my washing machine requires a ground. When I took the outlet apart I realized that there is a ground wire in there but whoever installed this outlet cut it back in the coating and didnt connect it. I peeled the coating back and connected it to a 3 prong outlet and the washing machine works but the outlet is still ungrounded. My next course of action is to recheck all the other outlets and make sure that there isnt a ground wire present somewhere that was just cut back, and if there is check the breaker panel and connect it there also. If not then somewhere in the near future rewire (ugh not looking forward to that) all the outlets. I know deep down that there is not other options, but the right way is preferred. Am I on the right track with this? There are some breakers grounded on the ground bars in the panel but not all of them, so I know some new wire will have to be ran. Thanks for any ideaa/ expertise.
Oh, and heres a quick pic because it is my first home and I am a bit proud of it:
The window units are gone, the seller was using those instead of fixing the fan on the central unit, this was fixed before the inspection.
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