02-26-2006, 09:39 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: San Diego, CA, USA.
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An electrician can deteremine whether it would be proper to install new grounding receptacles. However, on thing you can do which provides a great safety imporvement: you are allowed to replace a 2 prong plug with a GFCI receptacle. This will function to provide personal safety, since if any current finds a path other than back to the neutral wire, the device trips. What this doesn't do is provide the actual grounding conductor which a lot of modern electronic equipment "likes" to have.
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