[TowerTalk] outlet ground problems and shack grounds updating info needed please.

[jimlux]

Pete Smith wrote:
> My old house turned out to have 2-wire on one circuit.  I was advised by 
> my contractor that putting a GFCI outlet at the point in the circuit 
> nearest the breaker would adequately protect all the other outlets on 
> the circuit (this, however, was before our county had a building code).
> 


Only for outlets "downstream" of the GFCI.. It depends on how the wiring 
works.. sometimes, the receptacles aren't daisy chained, or you'll have 
two strings of receptacles (in different rooms) both tied back to the 
same breaker.