Hello, my daughter is moving off campus and into an older apartment off campus. All of the outlets have 2 prongs. Can this outlet be installed in the same place in order to give it some ground? null

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Thomas · Accepted Answer

Nope. This must be grounded to work as designed.

Mcr43666 · Answer

It would all deppend if the apartment has ground wire run to behind the outlet, only way to find out is to remove current outlet and see what's behind it. They can very in color but HOT wire is black sleeve, COMMOND wire would be either white or sometimes black sleeve. Your GRPUND will either be green sleeve or bare copper wire so if you don't have that then it wouldn't do anything even if you have a 3 prong outlet.

Answered by Mcr43666 6 years ago

Alexaaa · Answer

No, you would need to rewire the outlet to the breaker box and make sure it (the breaker box) is also grounded.

Phil40 · Answer

Not unless the present wall mounted box is metal and is properly grounded!

MrEdd · Answer

Yes you can

“Hello, my daughter is moving off campus and into an older apartment off campus. All of the outlets have 2 prongs. Can this outlet be installed in the same place in order to give it some ground?”

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