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- From: nbull@access.digex.com (Nicholas Bull)
- Subject: Providing ground (not an FAQ)
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:15:05 GMT
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- I've read the FAQ and I don't think the answer to my question is
- in it. If not, flame away!
-
- I want to make a 2-prong ungrounded outlet into a 3-prong
- grounded outlet (to connect a surge-suppressed computer to). On
- the other side of the wall, a few feet higher and to the left, is
- a properly grounded 3-prong outlet. Can I do either of the
- following?
-
- 1) (Preferably), drill a hole through the wall, and extend the
- ground wire from the existing 3-prong grounded outlet, probably
- using a conduit to take it to the presently-ungrounded 2-prong,
- which would then be converted to a (hopefully) properly grounded
- 3-prong; or
-
- 2) do the same but extend all three wires from the existing
- 3-prong grounded outlet to the ungrounded 2-prong, disconnecting
- it from the old wiring (I hope it's at the end of the circuit,
- not the middle or beginning).
-
- Thanks for your wisdom on this. (Another alternative is to
- somehow run a ground wire from the cold-water pipe in the
- bathroom across the hall--maybe through the attic?)
-
- Nick
-