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Originally Posted by zakthor
I also have an old house with many two prong outlets. Solution when replacing those nasty outlets was a gfi at the first outlet in each room, this protects all the downstream outlets and code says all the 3 prong but groundless outlets need a sticker saying no ground but gfi.
In your case if I understand correctly you’ll be adding a ground wire to the gfi outlet, which I think means that one outlet can now live without the sticker.
I’ve read homeowners books about code and I’d put the ground on that gfi but I’d also like to know the answer from an actual expert. There’s some deep knowledge that went into the code and I love learning the whys.
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Currently the room is like yours: no ground, GFCI in first position. Eventually I’ll ground the first receptacle, and all the subsequent receptacles have ground wires connected to the first.
Or, I’ll power and ground that room’s receptacles from the adjoining room.
Here is a table of the different circuit conditions and their risks.
