If your home was built before the 1960s, you might still have some old two-prong ungrounded outlets. The correct name for an ungrounded outlet is a non-grounding-type receptacle. So here, we'll use ...
All references are based on the 2017 edition of the NEC. When you want to replace a non-grounding-type receptacle but the wiring method does not include an equipment grounding conductor (EGC), such as ...
In this episode of EC&M Code Conversations, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson and Code Consultant Russ LeBlanc discuss the confusion surrounding the replacement of non-grounding type receptacles. “Code ...