"Danny D'Amico" wrote in message ...
On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 13:40:02 -0600, Nightcrawler® wrote:

The proper term is grounded conductor, and it is white.
The grounding conductor is green.

Interestingly, mine has a white wire going to a green bolt.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2869/1...a4c91eba_o.gif




It is wrong of them to do this, but I guess some moron engineer
thought this would not confuse someone, though in this application
I do not see how. In a hard wired installation, yes. Still wrong.
Bonding jumpers are to be green/bare/yellow with green stripe if
you are into non-American color coding.

That wire still needs to be terminated, or have a separate wire,
terminated to the center terminal. This will be your chassis ground
or what is called a bonding jumper.