bill@usps06492
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In a home that is wired with 2-wire romex & metal boxes, early 60's ranch style home, is there any easy way to create grounded circuits without having to rewire every room in the house? Part of the home has had some remodeling done to it, and a newer service panel was added within the last 5-6 years , those circuits are wired with NM cable that is carrying a ground, the panel is grounded with 2-8ft rods on the outside, the wateline coming in is plastic, the neutral is bonded to the to the ground at the panel(200amp main breaker). The homeowner is a computer guy, works out of the home, and is worried about plugging in all his equip into these ungrounded circuits. He did have someone come in and change over a bunch of the non grounding to the grounding type recpetacles,and the person put a pigtail from the ground screw on the receptacle to the box, but when you check for voltage between the hot and ground there's 0VAC, it's only on the hot & neutral. I told the homeowner that I could put a surge arrester on the main panel, and it would be cheaper for him to invest into surge suppessors and UPS units then to have me rewire the entire house. Any ideas????? Thanks. Bill
