# DIY: Dealing wth an electrical problem v. Keeping your house from burning down. **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-dealing-wth-an-electrical-problem-v-keeping-your-house-from-burning-down/23938 **Category:** Builds **Created:** [February 1, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-dealing-wth-an-electrical-problem-v-keeping-your-house-from-burning-down/23938 "2007-02-01T20:47:34Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 17
### Author: ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6) #### Post date: [February 2, 2007, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-dealing-wth-an-electrical-problem-v-keeping-your-house-from-burning-down/23938/17 "2007-02-02T11:52:48Z")
The thing is you really already have grounds in the house; the metal shielding on the outside of the wires in the walls acts like ground. I’ve got the same type of wiring in my house; or at least what hasn’t gotten replaced with 12/2 romex. my house is a 1940 vintage… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/diy-dealing-wth-an-electrical-problem-v-keeping-your-house-from-burning-down/23938)._