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  • pushkins
    General Contractor

    • Mar 2006
    • 1895

    #1

    knob and tube wiring

    How can I ground knob andf tube wiring. I only have it in three bedrooms and I'd like to get it grounded easily if possible.
    Little about a lot and a lot about a little.
    Every day is a learning day.
  • Snoonyb
    Handyman
    • Sep 2004
    • 127

    #2
    You can't ground the "system", just the individual devices.
    For the recep., replace with GFCI, which will still trip w/o the ground conductor.
    Illegitimas non-carborundum

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    • kactuskid
      Master Journeyman

      • Mar 2004
      • 801

      #3
      Why not just run an entire new circuit into these rooms, would be just as much work as supplying a ground to the K&T receptacles. A separate ground wire would need to be run between the receptacles and the main panel. If you need a 3 prong then just install a GFCI, or if you need the ground for a surge suppressor then you can buy a Mode 1 type instead that dumps to the neutral, may save you some greif.

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