Charles Schuler wrote:

"redbrickhat" wrote in message
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I recently opened up an old electrical box with a weak ground. To fix
the ground problem I wanted to connect a ground wire to a green
grounding screw into the box.

However, the old box doesn't have any holes for 8-32 sized screws, but
only for the larger holes (for mounting?).

Questions:

A) Is there any reason why I cannot screw the grounding wire into one
of the larger holes in the box?

B) What size screws fit the larger holes?

C) Would any normal screw metal type work?


If you are sure the box is grounded, then you can drill a hole and run a
self-tapping screw into it.

I'd doubt that the box is grounded, based on what you posted.


I agree. If it were grounded, there's little chance the ground
would be "weak," because the outlet's ground would already be
connected to the box via its mounting screws.

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