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   MarkH | May 01, 2004 05:35pm | #1

   Replace your old outlet with a ground fault interruptor. It won't need a ground to work qnd will offer protection. Get a good one because some cheapies will trip when an inductive load shuts down sometimes. Your old 2 prong plug is probably worn and could present a fire hazard. As a minimum, replace the outlet with a new one. If you're lucky as HE double toothpicks, there is a grounded box and you can just replace the 2 prong with a 3 prong outlet, but you'd be a lot more lucky than me if that was the case. Don't just replace the 2 prong with a 3 prong unless it's properly grounded.

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   DanH | May 01, 2004 08:09pm | #2

   What Martha says. The adapters are unsafe from two standpoints: First, even if "grounded" to the outlet box they don't provide a very good (ie, safe) ground, and second, they introduce an extra set of contacts with associated voltage drop and heating into a high-amp circuit. Replacing with a GFCI outlet will prevent both these problems.