3 way switch ground wiring (ignor my neutral wiring thread)
 

I have a electrical box that I pulled out the 3 way switch for
examining the wiring. It has one two wire cable and one three wire
cable going into it. The white wires are wire nutted together and so
are the ground wires. However the ground wires in this box are not
attached to the switch. According to one reference, it says the
ground wires should be attached to the switch yet the author's own
diagram just shows the 2 ground wires wire nutted together and not
attached to the switch. Does it matter whether they attach to the
switch or not?

3 way switch ground wiring (ignor my neutral wiring thread)
 

On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:16:45 -0600, "Doug"
wrote:

I have a electrical box that I pulled out the 3 way switch for
examining the wiring. It has one two wire cable and one three wire
cable going into it. The white wires are wire nutted together and so
are the ground wires. However the ground wires in this box are not
attached to the switch. According to one reference, it says the
ground wires should be attached to the switch yet the author's own
diagram just shows the 2 ground wires wire nutted together and not
attached to the switch. Does it matter whether they attach to the
switch or not?


If it matters, the switch is located within a plastic electrical box.

3 way switch ground wiring (ignor my neutral wiring thread)
 

On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:16:45 -0600, "Doug"
wrote:

I have a electrical box that I pulled out the 3 way switch for
examining the wiring. It has one two wire cable and one three wire
cable going into it. The white wires are wire nutted together and so
are the ground wires. However the ground wires in this box are not
attached to the switch. According to one reference, it says the
ground wires should be attached to the switch yet the author's own
diagram just shows the 2 ground wires wire nutted together and not
attached to the switch. Does it matter whether they attach to the
switch or not?
The ground wire is a SAFETY GROUND which should be connected to
either a metal box or the green grounding tab provided on SOME plastic
boxes (which then grounds the mounting tab of the switch)

3 way switch ground wiring (ignor my neutral wiring thread)
 

On 2/24/2012 11:16 PM, Doug wrote:
I have a electrical box that I pulled out the 3 way switch for
examining the wiring. It has one two wire cable and one three wire
cable going into it. The white wires are wire nutted together and so
are the ground wires. However the ground wires in this box are not
attached to the switch. According to one reference, it says the
ground wires should be attached to the switch yet the author's own
diagram just shows the 2 ground wires wire nutted together and not
attached to the switch. Does it matter whether they attach to the
switch or not?

If it's a plastic box, the ground wire goes to the grounding terminal
of the switch. If it's a metal box, the ground wire goes to the box and
the metal attachment screws on the switch, ground it to the box

3 way switch ground wiring (ignor my neutral wiring thread)
 

RBM wrote in :

On 2/24/2012 11:16 PM, Doug wrote:
I have a electrical box that I pulled out the 3 way switch for
examining the wiring. It has one two wire cable and one three wire
cable going into it. The white wires are wire nutted together and so
are the ground wires. However the ground wires in this box are not
attached to the switch. According to one reference, it says the
ground wires should be attached to the switch yet the author's own
diagram just shows the 2 ground wires wire nutted together and not
attached to the switch. Does it matter whether they attach to the
switch or not?

If it's a plastic box, the ground wire goes to the grounding terminal
of the switch. If it's a metal box, the ground wire goes to the box and
the metal attachment screws on the switch, ground it to the box

There, that was simple.