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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? |
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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. |
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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) |
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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 |
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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. |
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