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If you have 2 prong rec. you should have them up dated to 3 prong. I personaly would not use 2 prong. There is no safty factor. When I say updated I also mean the wiring, to 3 wire. I understand your ?. But with out seeing your home and the wiring it self it is difficult to give an ans. I am talking about your rec. and not your panel box. If you have a rec. box that is 2 prong it mean you do not hAve a 3rd wire. The 3rd wire a bare copper wire is the ground wire that goes back to the panel. If that does not exsist you have no means to ground that rec. Getting a 3 prong plug with a wire comming out of it to attach to the center screw does nothing because it does not have a path back to the breaker panel and to ground. This may not be the best example but the only one I can think of right know. Turn on your kitchen faucet with the drain plug removed. The water has a path to ground an flows. Now put the drain plug in an turn the water on. It has no place to go. The drain is the 3rd wire. I hope this helps.
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