Hi Bob, Sounds like you live in Texas. Your theory is pretty much correct. I am a professional Engineer, and home inspector in Texas. The default way to deal with (update) a two wire circuit is to install a GFCI in the upstream outlet and slave the GFCI to the downstream outlets. However if there is not a ground available in the box, you must label the outlet "No Equipment Ground".
I haven't found the Lutron PDF file on their site that I use as reference, but I found an abbreviated explaination here: See: http://www.codecheck.com/250_50_commentary.html Its very possible that the center screw and the box may not be grounded. If it isn't do not connect the ground screw on the outlet to the neutral. The NEC code is quite confusing. If you need to determine a grounding method I can look it up, but I am sure its not going to be simple. If it’s the first floor it might be best to just drive a ground rod into the earth for your RF and static ground and not wire it directly to the electrical system. Regards, Steve, W2MY -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/360 - Release Date: 6/9/2006 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
