brother
Senior Member
Arrggh!! is all i can say, . Im helping out my buddy and he has an old house/duplex that has knob and tube, so naturally I would assume there is no ground.
There are 2 prong recepticles and then i saw 3 prong recepticles. It look like some new work was done. I used my plug tester on it and showed it WIRED CORRECTLY!!.
i continue to check out the place, i find one 3 prong recepticle that needs to be replaced, its smashed. Well i opened it up and low and behold. They (previous homeowners i assumed) took a jumper from the ground terminal of the recepticle and connected it to the neutral of the recepticle.
since i saw this, I figured Oh noo, they probably did this to the other ones as well, and yes there were 3 others!! I had to put in 2 prongs in place of the 3 prongs. I did give them 1 gfci (no equipment ) so they can have just one 3 prong.
The point is , it FOOLED my plug tester, didnt think of that. I just HAPPEN TO catch it cause one recepticle was smashed!! Just keep an eye out for "homeowner jackleg" LOL.
Some of them just dont understand that the neutral and ground are to be SEPERATED when NOT at the service, it was like this for years im sure, but i just could NOT leave it like this!! I just had to help my buddy, He bought this place about 2 years ago. Just keep an eye out for this. Your plug tester can show it wired right, when in fact it is WRONG.
There are 2 prong recepticles and then i saw 3 prong recepticles. It look like some new work was done. I used my plug tester on it and showed it WIRED CORRECTLY!!.
i continue to check out the place, i find one 3 prong recepticle that needs to be replaced, its smashed. Well i opened it up and low and behold. They (previous homeowners i assumed) took a jumper from the ground terminal of the recepticle and connected it to the neutral of the recepticle.
since i saw this, I figured Oh noo, they probably did this to the other ones as well, and yes there were 3 others!! I had to put in 2 prongs in place of the 3 prongs. I did give them 1 gfci (no equipment ) so they can have just one 3 prong.
The point is , it FOOLED my plug tester, didnt think of that. I just HAPPEN TO catch it cause one recepticle was smashed!! Just keep an eye out for "homeowner jackleg" LOL.
Some of them just dont understand that the neutral and ground are to be SEPERATED when NOT at the service, it was like this for years im sure, but i just could NOT leave it like this!! I just had to help my buddy, He bought this place about 2 years ago. Just keep an eye out for this. Your plug tester can show it wired right, when in fact it is WRONG.