GFCI and Refrigerator

[Christopher Currins]

Originally Posted by pabernathy

lol...been making the CALL for YEARS now Ian....I have no problem at all with a GFCI on a fridge......does not worry me one bit.

So Paul, if you inspected a house with a 2 wire system with 3 prong plugs, open ground, you would be comfortable recommending a GFCI in place of running new 3 wire? If everything else was correct in the service panel. Thanks to everyone with their opinions.

[Paul W. Abernathy]

Yes, as long as the 3-prong receptacles are labeled properly , the CODE says it's fine and I have no problem with it.

[Ian Gills]

Absolutely, but the key here is open ground. Not all 2 wire systems will have an open ground. My 2-wire armored cable with a bonding strip, through metal wall boxes and self-grounding receptacles works just fine. No need for GFCIs here, and no need to label the GFCIs as open ground where I have them.

2-wire can be good wire!

Now Paul will write a page about old BX not having a bonding strip and glowing. But this is not to be confused.