Ground wire in MC cable

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mbrooke

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JMHO, but the jacket is 'wound' and (i'm told) 5-6 X's the length of interior conductors

they found this out with the old BX

if the shell was energized , it wouldn't trip

but not always because it was made off K&T, because of VD

we'd see this line of dots, in the old horsehair plaster...and we knew....:eek:

~RJ~

That sad part is DIY sites tell HO to take a tester to the box. If it lights, you may now proceed to install 3 prong outlets... just bond to the back of the box.


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Home Center books are the same, creating the idea armor is always an low impedance path:


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