wiring porcelain lampholder w/ grounded outlet
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i am changing my plastic lampholder in my garage to a porcelain lampholder with a grounded outlet. I intend to use the outlet for my shoplight. There are three sets of wires runing to the outlet box. I wired the white ("neutral") wire to the silver screw and the red wire (which I believe to bet the "hot" wire) to the brass screw on the lampholder. The question is which bare ground wire do I use to ground the outlet on the lampholder? There are 3 bare wires that where twisted together with a wire nut. Do I use one of the exsisting 3 or do I attach a fourth wire to the lampholder and twist it along with the other 3 in a wire nut?
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.... do I attach a fourth wire to the lampholder and twist it along with the other 3 in a wire nut?
I wired the white ("neutral") wire to the silver screw and the red wire (which I believe to bet the "hot" wire) to the brass screw on the lampholder.