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Posted by Steve Barker LT on December 23, 2006, 10:44 pm
Twisting the grounds together is perfectly acceptable and works fine.
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Steve Barker
>
>> I usually wrap the two grounds together and then attach one of the
>> ground wires to the screw, cutting the other one a little shorter.
>
> I don't trust just wrapping two grounds together.
>
> If it's "new work" I use one of those wirenuts with a hole in the end and
> leave the longer of the two ground wires uncut. Slip the wirenut over
> the
> long wire and slide it down to where the second ground can be laid
> alongside. Twist both wires together. If the ground wires have already
> been but short, you just add a third through the hole.
>
> I picked up some "pigtail" wirenuts (12 each in white, black, red, and
> green) and they are useful when you have only a single device.
>
>>
>> (I am NOT an electrician)
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