"Classic66s" wrote in message
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I am finishing an office in my basement and have never worked with
Romex before. I always did the conduit and wire method. I installed
outlets in an office I built and hooked the circuit to a hot line.
When I checked the outlets they all said open ground except the last
one in line and it showed correctly wired. That one has the ground
wire connected right to the outlets grren screw. The outlets in
between the correct one and where I hooked into the power all say open
ground. I just twisted the ground wire together and continued down the
line. I take it that is incorrect? Please advise.


Twisting them together is fine using a wire nut but there needs to be a
pigtail connection to the green screw or the outlet remains ungrounded. The
fact that the last outlet is grounded indicates you have otherwise proper
connections.

Wire nut is required even on the bare wire as there should be no open ends
of bare wire in the box. This may not be enforced in your area as crimp
connectors have become more widely used.

Colbyt