Stupidest thing youve done with electricity

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by lnx64

Yea the home was an antique, no grounded outlets except those with the cheater wire between ground and neutral (luckily at the very least hot and neutral were correct, but a completely useless ground), and we rented. Still had the oil boiler and everything in that basement.

Using the neutral and the ground on a receptacle is a code violation! Early Romex doesn't have a grounding conductor either. Older BX doesn't have a grounding conductor either, but using a grounding receptacle can provide a ground, but not ideal and still not code. If a ground is important it's best to use a GFCI. The code will allow using that on a two wire circuit, as it creates an artificial ground.
Regarding basements, I didn't think there's a basement in all of Florida.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Using the neutral and the ground on a receptacle is a code violation! Early Romex doesn't have a grounding conductor either. Older BX doesn't have a grounding conductor either, but using a grounding receptacle can provide a ground, but not ideal and still not code. If a ground is important it's best to use a GFCI. The code will allow using that on a two wire circuit, as it creates an artificial ground.
Regarding basements, I didn't think there's a basement in all of Florida.

The only Florida basement I ever saw was in an quick oil change shop, but there's probably some here and there...

[lnx64]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Using the neutral and the ground on a receptacle is a code violation! Early Romex doesn't have a grounding conductor either. Older BX doesn't have a grounding conductor either, but using a grounding receptacle can provide a ground, but not ideal and still not code. If a ground is important it's best to use a GFCI. The code will allow using that on a two wire circuit, as it creates an artificial ground.
Regarding basements, I didn't think there's a basement in all of Florida.

I was living in Massachusetts when this took place. I moved to FL in 98.