non-grounding version of receptable

Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliot · 2004-12-15T20:38:52+00:00

Can't get the Leviton site to work for me.I've just installed their 5225-WSP Combination Switch and Receptacle. This is the older, non-Decora, style which fits a normal duplex outlet wall plate. This item is a Grounding type, with the third hole in the front. The house does not have grounding wires. In California, it is not required to upgrade, but you can't use three-hole outlets unless grounding is provided. Does anyone know the Leviton product line well enough to know if they make a non-grounding version of this switch/receptacle? Or, alternately, whether it is acceptable to plug the third hole with . . . oh, I don't know . . . chewing gum or JB Weld or suchlike?

Dec 15, 2004 23 Replies

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Dan 21 years ago

Nope!

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Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliot 21 years ago

There you go then. An otherwise brilliant idea to a messy and embarrassing problem shot down in a cloud of flaming wreckage.

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Chris Perdue 21 years ago

of course not...but a pencil isn't always the best tool for the job...(i thought you had learned that one?...LOL)

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Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliot 21 years ago

LOL! I fear pencils now!

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