Electric hot water tank wiring
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Electric hot water tank wiring
My mother lost her free gas, so I bought an electric hot water heater for her. I ran the 10-2 from the box, went to wire it up, and when I opened the metal plate covering the wires on top of the heater, I found 2 green wires instead of one. One is screwed into the metal dish where the wires come out of the heater, the other goes down through the grommet into the heater, along with the red and black wires. I haven't seen this before...just want to get the wires hooked up correctly. The manual for the heater only shows one green ground wire...
Does one get attached by screw to the metal cover that goes over the wires, and the other attached to the ground from the box?
I have a pic, but don't know how to attach it here, if that's even possible.
thanks!
Does one get attached by screw to the metal cover that goes over the wires, and the other attached to the ground from the box?
I have a pic, but don't know how to attach it here, if that's even possible.
thanks!
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So I'm clear... I just wire nut the 2 green wires shown, and the bare ground from the breaker box gets screwed to the metal plate that will cover the dish?
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I just wire nut the 2 green wires shown, and the bare ground from the breaker box gets screwed to the metal plate that will cover the dish?
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All of the grounds should be connected together with a wirenut and the one should be connected to the metal frame / box.
All of the grounds should be connected together with a wirenut and the one should be connected to the metal frame / box.
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One wire is already connected for you connect it and the other green going into the heater with the ground in the feed cable.
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