Floating ground ?

[oldtvsandtoy]

1st you can not have a floating ground, you have a floating neutral. In your panel a ground and neutral can be one of the same, in your house they can not. In the old days your chassis was use as a ground. So if you plug your cord in wrong your chassis would be hot, and you could get zapped. This has happen and people did get killed. That is why we use the 3 wire system today. Now with that said here in Michigan a house must be brought up to code to rent it out. 3 wire systems are code in a home. You need to call city hall to see what code in in Ohio. Most likely it's a 3 wire system, they will make the landlord bring the house up to code. Or he will not be able to rent it out. You should check it out.