Just bought fixer upper to live in/ first house, and had quite a few years experience in the romodel/home repair.
We have outlets throughout the house that are just 2 prong, and want to upgrade most of them. 85% of the wire in the house is through conduit. It is a mixture of 12-2 and the old black coated with paper? insulation and 2 wire. not sure when the house was wired. It has a Pushmatic breaker box.
My question is, can I just swap out outlets and ground them to the conduit, or should I take the time to run new wire from the box to the outlets?
I know the best awnser is run new wire, just exploring my options.
Thanks
We have outlets throughout the house that are just 2 prong, and want to upgrade most of them. 85% of the wire in the house is through conduit. It is a mixture of 12-2 and the old black coated with paper? insulation and 2 wire. not sure when the house was wired. It has a Pushmatic breaker box.
My question is, can I just swap out outlets and ground them to the conduit, or should I take the time to run new wire from the box to the outlets?
I know the best awnser is run new wire, just exploring my options.
Thanks