Nick1994
$100 site donor 2024
While over replaced quite a few outlets and light switches before, I haven't upgraded them from 2 prong to 3 prong.
This is for my grandparent's house. It's a red brick house built in 1949-1950 and the 3 bedrooms still have 2 prong outlets and the rest of the house has been updated to 3 prong outlets at some point. I have opened up one of the outlets and pulled it out a bit and the back of the gang box has a screw hole for a ground wire.
Can I just run a ground wire from a new 3 prong outlet and screw it into the back of the metal gang box?
This is for my grandparent's house. It's a red brick house built in 1949-1950 and the 3 bedrooms still have 2 prong outlets and the rest of the house has been updated to 3 prong outlets at some point. I have opened up one of the outlets and pulled it out a bit and the back of the gang box has a screw hole for a ground wire.
Can I just run a ground wire from a new 3 prong outlet and screw it into the back of the metal gang box?