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kok328, Addtional question to your reply: If there is a grounding problem in the breaker panel, would it still be possible for 3 of the outlets I mentioned (in the kitchen) to test correctly while 2 test as open ground (in the living room). If the panel wasn't grounded correctly, wouldn't...

kok328, Not sure about the wires in the breaker panel, I'll look at that tonight. I'll double check the switches and ground them if they are not already. If I see a connection not grounded in the breaker panel, is that something that I can safely resolve myself?

I moved into an older home (built in early to mid 70's) about a year ago. I had a space heater plugged into one of the outlets in the living room, recently we noticed a burning smell and finally found it was coming from the heater, the cable plugging the heater into the wall was warm and when I...