George;
Thanks for the detailed reply, I really apprecciate it. [Linked Image]
When I think about something like that, its always good to bounce it off someone with more knowledge to see how close or far off base I am, but suffice it to say I was in the neighborhood. What bothers me is that article 250.130(C), all through the code it preaches close proximity of the conductors then turns around and does that. Recently I was talking to another " electrician " who was telling me that when 'they' replace a 2-wire receptacle with a 3-wire all they do is drive a ground rod and run a cable from it to the receptalce. [Linked Image], I couldnt believe that. One thing I try to use is the saying is, when were are done building/wiring somthing the question is NOT will it work but what happens when it doesnt.
Thanks again,

-Mark-