My new apartment has no 3 prong plugs with ground

There will be two mains fuses, at the top of your electrical panel. Read the sizes on those, to determine how much amperage is available, per phase. Outlet boxes in older homes ARE NOT USUALLY grounded. Especially if the wiring is knob and tube. Unless the wires were run through metal conduit(EMT), metallic liquid-tite, Bx cabling or have a third ground conductor to the box; it is NOT grounded. Grounding(running a pigtail) to the new outlet to an ungrounded box would be a waste of time/effort. Besides; the ground terminal on grounded outlets, is already grounded to the box through the mounting tabs/screws.

There will be two mains fuses, at the top of your electrical panel. Read the sizes on those, to determine how much amperage is available, per phase.
09-09-12: Rodman99999

Rodman99999,

Ya in some cases, but not always the case.

For many years NEC had a 6 switch rule.

If the total number of branch circuits fed from the panel was 6 or less, a main was not required.

Outlet boxes in older homes ARE NOT USUALLY grounded. Especially if the wiring is knob and tube. Unless the wires were run through metal conduit(EMT), metallic liquid-tite, Bx cabling or have a third ground conductor to the box; it is NOT grounded. Grounding(running a pigtail) to the new outlet to an ungrounded box would be a waste of time/effort.

I wondered how long it would take before somebody would point that out.
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Jim

Call an electrician (maybe the owner will split the cost). I live in a 90 year old house and had a dedicated line installed for the HiFi and most of the recepticals replaced.
When the electician found some outlets with pre-war wiring, I said dont bother running new lines as they are not used for high current items. (it would have been expensive). Most of my oulets are now 3-prong and up to code.

Landlords love tenants who complain to the local government about trivial stuff. Best way to get a rent increase i know of.
And if you complain enough, you get evicted. NOT by the landlord, by the same government agency. "This place is 'unfit for human habitation', no one can live here, you have ten days to move out". REALLY. (been there, and had it happen, even though MY apt was fine, they just boarded up the whole building... ) So be certain to really complain loud and often about every trivial thing...

Or, at minumum...
"Gee, we had to get this work done.. so now your rent has to go up 30%. Sorry".

And in my shared 15 amp single circuit apartment I never had any problems for my large stereo. Only my small microwave and the guy next doors' hair dryer seems to not get along.

@Mr J- I should have prefaced/qualified that statement with, "In most older homes:" OOPS!