any electrictioans on here, I need help!

I needed to install an outlet in a bathroom that had no outlet (older house). I installed a gfi outlet in the wall and routed power from an existing receptical/line that feeds the wall outelts in an adjacent bedroom.
turned on the power ,set the gfi, light went on and it worked fine. today the gfi was tripped, I reset it and it worked fine. I checked it with an outlet test cube and it tells me there is an "open ground"?
what does that mean? the new line going to the new gfi outlet is 14-2 (2 wires and a ground) the old wires that I jumped into are also 14 but with no ground wire. so I just grounded the new wire to the inside of the steel junction box. whats the fix

 

you need to have a ground that is connected to the circuit you took the power from , check the existing plugs to make sure they are grounded also , GFCI stands for GROUND fault circuit interupter so if its not grounded the plug will still work but w/no ground its not gonna serve its purpose (like saving your *** from getting lit up , or worse) should be cool if you hook up the ground PM me if have any ??'s

Fink

 

I want to see where this goes!

 

My best suggestion is that both the hot and the neutral need to be brought from the load side of the GFI, which is clearly marked , if this is done the GFI should not trip

 

Ditto....some older houses have no bare wire ground. You'll simply have to run a new wire back to the panel. While you're there check and see if there's a ground rod hooked up as well.

 

if its close to a sink you can clamp a ground wire to the cold water pipe, amd the other end to the plug

 

Pig tail hot and neutral and connect to LINE side of gfic.
This will give you protection in your bath room with out
effecting the other outlets if it should trip. Gfic's do not
need a ground to protect you. It trips the hot if you lose
neutral. It would read open ground as there is none.
If it keeps tripping check connections. Could be loose
screws or wire nuts in that circuit.