existing circuit box without ground wire

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I have a outlet box with 12/2 wiring ungrounded. Can I legally just run a separate grounding wire to the nearest circuit box that is grounded?

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Ed Beal · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-01 23:16:54Z

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You can if both are supplied from the same panel. This was not legal in the past but current code allows it.

answered Feb 1 '20 at 23:16

Ed Beal

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I think they made it legal because everyone was doing it. +
– JACK
Feb 1 '20 at 23:33
I don’t know I had never done it or seen it done but had heard of it. I do think it makes sense as it in a perfect world it will never have current on it.
– Ed Beal
Feb 1 '20 at 23:43

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