Electrician Question on grounding outlets

[def90]

You will have to trace back to the point where that romex with the ground goes to. It is likely taped off of an existing outlet somewhere else and they didn't bother to hook up the ground at that point. About all you can do is start pulling off plates, tracing wires and hope that mister DIY that did this in the first place didn't hide junctions in the wall or the attic.

[Marlin]

You know, looking at the breaker box, it looks like it is grounded. I will run out and take a picture.

I'm no electrician but it looks like all the grounds are hooked up.


But here the green "ground" wire is just going to a single connector, not actually grounded (I think)

Wow. that is embarrassing. Even the kid with two months in the trade did better than that.

[JohnTRourke]

And this is why
a. you should hire licensed electricians and pull a permit when you remodel. Not necessarily because the work is better (you may be able to do a fine job) but when you go to sell, you just hand them the inspection. All done to code, go away.

b. You should hire licensed electricians/plumbers/etc to do inspections. Cuz i guarantee my inspection objection would have come up with a lot more than just "ungrounded outlet". And now the problem is that you have to fix it, even if not for this guy, because now it's in writing and you have to reveal it to future buyers.

Hire an electrician, get it fixed correctly, cover your butt in the future.

[Bailey Guns]

^^ I gotta go with that.

[eneranch]

Had the same problem with a house I sold 2 weeks ago; Inspection found a receptacle that had an open ground the garage. I did my best to find the problem but ended up calling my Electrician, he found a nicked ground wire in a J-Box somewhere in the circuit, cost me $100 & made the Buyers happy.

[drift_g35]

Just so you all dont think i'm the idiot, this was all done when I bought the house.

[Ah Pook]

Damn.... If someone is making an issue out of a couple outlets not being grounded, I would assume they must not want to buy the house.

I don't think so. One of my neighbors bought the house and, I guess, didn't have a good electrical inspection. He just got done putting the drywall back in.

[Irving]

What is the age of the house. If it's old enough it shouldn't be expected that the outlets are grounded.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Wow. that is embarrassing. Even the kid with two months in the trade did better than that.

Yeah, but does the kid speak Spanish, senior?

[Great-Kazoo]

What is the age of the house. If it's old enough it shouldn't be expected that the outlets are grounded.

Unfortunately not any more. Same for paint. If it is in god shape it's ok. ANY signs of flaking, wear on loder houses they consider it lead paint. That's a whole other issue. dealt with it on 2 homes myself.

Regarding the ungrounded outlets, our guy ran a ground wire to the copper pipes. When tested checked out, done and sold.