ground wire attached to wall box instead of the plug socket
#1
07-21-14, 04:29 PM
ground wire attached to wall box instead of the plug socket
I was cgaing the wall sockets this weekend and one of the wall sockets did not have a ground wire attached to it. I looked inside the metal electrical box and the ground wire seems to be connected to the metal box instead?
Is this normal? I thought they always had to be connected to the socket screw?
Is this normal? I thought they always had to be connected to the socket screw?
#2
07-21-14, 04:38 PM
They should be pigtailed to both the box and the receptacle unless the receptacle is self grounding.
How is it fastened?
ground wire seems to be connected to the metal box
#3
07-22-14, 03:31 PM
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I assume the sockets you are referring to are receptacles,that being said if the receptacle is in direct contact with the metal box ,the fiber washers have bee removed from the mounting screws or the receptacle is listed as self grounding the bond wire need not be connected to the receptacle ,as long bond wire is securally attached to the box.
Geo
Geo
#4
07-22-14, 06:52 PM
It's just a standard receptacle so not self grounding and I left the washers attached.
So, do I get some grouding wire and just connect from the screw on the box to the receptacle?
So, do I get some grouding wire and just connect from the screw on the box to the receptacle?
#5
07-22-14, 07:12 PM
Use green XX THHN where xx is 14 if the breaker is 15 amp and 12 if 20 amp.
You would connect two pigtails to the circuit ground wire. Connect one pigtail to the box and one to the receptacle.
So, do I get some grouding wire and just connect from the screw on the box to the receptacle?
#6
07-22-14, 07:23 PM
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the fiber washers have bee removed from the mounting screws or the receptacle is listed as self grounding the bond wire need not be connected to the receptacle
It's just a standard receptacle so not self grounding and I left the washers attached.
That being said, it was not all that uncommon to find receptacles installed like this with metal boxes 35 to 40 years ago.
