@rogergusilatar Look at how the functional outlet is wired. Copy that or use an electrician. Your house wiring depending on it's age might have only two wires but in anything modern that ground is there to be exactly that: a ground, sounds like you may have miswired the outlet. [https://www.hunker.com/12304720/how-to-wire-a-110-volt-outlet|this page] explains how to wire the outlet properly. Black to brass, white to chrome/silver, green to ground.