ungrounded gfcis was re a question about vac outlet wiring in article qmisf odp sdl warren mentorg com garyg warren mentorg com writes what you can do if you want three prong outlets without additional wiring is to use a gfci outlet or breaker but the outlet will be cheaper in fact depending on where you are putting your new outlet s a gfci may be required you still need to supply a proper ground for a ground fault circuit interrupter oddly enough you don t at least according to the wiring faq that is regularly posted on misc consumers house a gfci senses discrepancies between the live and neutral wire currents and cuts them both off if a discrepancy is found no ground connection is needed for it to function michael a covington associate research scientist artificial intelligence programs mcovingt ai uga edu the university of georgia phone athens georgia u s a amateur radio n tmi
