Hi Ken .. You say "2-wire Romex" .. do you really mean metal-jacketed BX cable? I just bought a '68 house and that's what's in here, and if that's what you have you can return ground on the jacket of the cable.
de w1rt/john On Nov 25, 2007 3:20 PM, Ken Kopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My older home .... built in 1962 by an individual for > himself ... has only 2-wire Romex. At least it's not > single conductor "knob-and-tube wiring. Nothing in > the house ...water pump, water heater, forced-air > heat blower, etc. is "three-wire". (;-( > > It's a 2-story structure and it's virtually impossible to > rewire to meet present-day electrical codes without > tearing off the interior wallboard and starting over. > > The only way I can see to fix the problem would be > to drill completely through the wall to the outside > at every outlet and add the "green wire" on the outside > of the building and return the resulting "buss" to the > entrance panel's ground. A decidedly "ugly" solution, > even if painted to match the exterior color and doesn't > solve the issue of outlets on interior walls. I -have- > replaced all outlets with "3-wire" types to avoid the > usual cut-off-the ground-pin from household appliance > plugs, but there's nothing connected to the round > holes. (;-) > > Cutting groves in the wall board from each outlet down > to the floor and hiding the ground buss under the kick- > board is possible but again, "ugly". The walls have > been painted of course and the kick-boards are stuck > to the wall by paint. Removing the kick-boards would > damage the wallboard and still require its replacement. > > There seems to be no realistic solution ... > > I built my shack, garage and shop onto the house and > they -DO- meet all codes. There is a dediacated breaker > panel feeding this addition and there are 17 ground rods > on 2 acres, all bonded together with #10 CU buss wire > and tied to the RF and AC entrance ground. Two-inch > CU strap runs inder the wall into the shack and along > the back of the desk with 1/4" brass bolts with wing-nuts > for each piece of equipment. > > I'm retired from an electric utility. > > 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
