old lamp post , new lamp
 

Can you ground the lamp to the inside of the metal lamp post using a screw.
Only black and white from the post. No ground. New lamp has a bare wire ground.
Thanks

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On 9/7/19 3:14 PM, Mooch911 wrote:
Can you ground the lamp to the inside of the metal lamp post using a screw.
Only black and white from the post. No ground. New lamp has a bare wire
ground.
Thanks

Yes, but it will be virtually worthless. Put the lamp on its
own circuit and
use the smallest rated gfci you can. A better solution would be to run
a new set of wires
with a ground.
Someone will provide more/better information.

old lamp post , new lamp
 

On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 20:14:03 +0000, Mooch911
m wrote:

Can you ground the lamp to the inside of the metal lamp post using a screw.
Only black and white from the post. No ground. New lamp has a bare wire ground.
Thanks

You can do it if it makes you feel better but it doesn't accomplish
anything you are not getting from the mounting screws. There is
certainly no guarantee of clearing a fault with that wire.
Best advice, put it in a GFCI.

old lamp post , new lamp
 

Better yet...solar lamp. Just did it last month, Aug 2019.