120 volts on romex ground?

[bwhahn48@gmail.com]

All outlets on a circuit in my older home recently failed.
In the process of replacing receptacles I discovered that
that at each outlet there is 120 from hot to ground, 110 from neutral to ground
but only 8 to 20 from hot to neutral.
Can I assume that there is 100+ volts on ground? What could cause this?

thanks
Bruce

 

[Dennis Alwon]

I am closing this thread, in accordance with the Forum Rules.

This site is designed for:

• Contractors
• Electricians
• Engineers
• Inspectors
• Instructors
• Other electrically related individuals

* This NEC Forum is for those in the electrical and related industries. Questions of a "How-To" nature by persons not involved in the electrical industry will be removed without notice.

If you feel this action to be in error, feel free to contact me via PM to explain.

A reminder to all members, if you see a questionable post, feel free to report it by clicking the

button at the bottom left corner of the post.