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Posted by Pat on December 16, 2005, 10:59 am
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My terminology might not be correct. Bare with me.
My house was built in 1960. According to
an electrician I had that did some work for me , He said the wiring was
grounded to the back of the metal boxes.
I have changed out many outlets but have never run into this situation
before
I decided to change out the double switches near my front door. One
switch is for the outside light and the other goes to an outlet on the
wall . Where you can plug
in a light and switch it on from from the wall switch and bottom part of
the outlet is just a regular plug.
Problem
When I took the switches out to replace with new. I found two grounding
wires twisted together not attached to the box.
There are 2 separate cables coming into the box. It was obvious which
grounding wire came from each cable , w/ blk, white and ground. I
untwisted the grounds and
attached the grounding wire to the green grounding screw for each
switch.
Did I do the right thng?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Pat
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Posted by upand_at_them on December 16, 2005, 11:44 am
If the ground wires were tied together and not attached to the metal
box and not attached to the ground screw on the outlet then you've got
a problem.
Go to Home Depot or your local hardware store and get one of those
little outlet testers for $4. You plug it into an outlet and it shows
you what, if anything, is wrong. It'll tell you when it's been
miswired, open ground, etc. That's the best way to be sure.
Mike
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Posted by Rick on December 16, 2005, 12:39 pm
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> My terminology might not be correct. Bare with me.
> My house was built in 1960. According to
> an electrician I had that did some work for me , He said the wiring
was
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> grounded to the back of the metal boxes.
> I have changed out many outlets but have never run into this
situation
show/hide quoted text
> before
> I decided to change out the double switches near my front door. One
> switch is for the outside light and the other goes to an outlet on
the
show/hide quoted text
> wall . Where you can plug
> in a light and switch it on from from the wall switch and bottom
part of
show/hide quoted text
> the outlet is just a regular plug.
> Problem
> When I took the switches out to replace with new. I found two
grounding
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> wires twisted together not attached to the box.
> There are 2 separate cables coming into the box. It was obvious
which
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> grounding wire came from each cable , w/ blk, white and ground. I
> untwisted the grounds and
> attached the grounding wire to the green grounding screw for each
> switch.
> Did I do the right thng?
Twist the two ground wires and a short pigtail together and wirenut.
Connect the other end of the pigtail to the box using a screw.
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Posted by Rick on December 16, 2005, 12:52 pm
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> > My terminology might not be correct. Bare with me.
> > My house was built in 1960. According to
> > an electrician I had that did some work for me , He said the
wiring
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> was
> > grounded to the back of the metal boxes.
> > I have changed out many outlets but have never run into this
> situation
> > before
> > I decided to change out the double switches near my front door.
One
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> > switch is for the outside light and the other goes to an outlet
> the
> > wall . Where you can plug
> > in a light and switch it on from from the wall switch and bottom
> part of
> > the outlet is just a regular plug.
> > Problem
> > When I took the switches out to replace with new. I found two
> grounding
> > wires twisted together not attached to the box.
> > There are 2 separate cables coming into the box. It was obvious
> which
> > grounding wire came from each cable , w/ blk, white and ground. I
> > untwisted the grounds and
> > attached the grounding wire to the green grounding screw for each
> > switch.
> > Did I do the right thng?
> Twist the two ground wires and a short pigtail together and wirenut.
> Connect the other end of the pigtail to the box using a screw.
Should have added-unless things have changed, it's permissible to use
the switch mounting screws as the grounding means for the switches in
your case (metal box). I'm sure someone will correct me if this is no
longer the case.
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Posted by Pop on December 16, 2005, 3:21 pm
My terminology might not be correct. Bare with me.
My house was built in 1960. According to
an electrician I had that did some work for me , He said the
wiring was
grounded to the back of the metal boxes.
I have changed out many outlets but have never run into this
situation
before
I decided to change out the double switches near my front door.
One
switch is for the outside light and the other goes to an outlet
on the
wall . Where you can plug
in a light and switch it on from from the wall switch and bottom
part of
the outlet is just a regular plug.
Problem
When I took the switches out to replace with new. I found two
grounding
wires twisted together not attached to the box.
There are 2 separate cables coming into the box. It was obvious
which
grounding wire came from each cable , w/ blk, white and ground. I
untwisted the grounds and
attached the grounding wire to the green grounding screw for each
switch.
Did I do the right thng?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Pat
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