new switch and light (moved to new location) wiring question-ground
#1
10-07-12, 10:47 AM
new switch and light (moved to new location) wiring question-ground
going from the panel to switch then switch to light. in the box white to white nutted and taped, both blacks to switch, then ground to ground nutted and taped? just double checking i thought id seen switches with ground lugs
#2
10-07-12, 11:09 AM
white to white nutted and taped
then ground to ground nutted and taped?
#4
10-07-12, 12:15 PM
Group Moderator
You may only have one wire per screw. Three options:
Wire the grounds together with a nut and run a pigtail to the switch. (likely the easiest option)
Loop one wire around the ground screw and then wirenut the ends of the ground wires together.
Use a Greenie.
Wire the grounds together with a nut and run a pigtail to the switch. (likely the easiest option)
Loop one wire around the ground screw and then wirenut the ends of the ground wires together.
Use a Greenie.
#5
10-07-12, 12:55 PM
Just in case you don't know a "greenie" is a green colored wire nut with a hole in the end. One ground wire is left six inches longer then the other(s) and the extra long wire is threaded though the hole in the top of the wire nut. The wire nut is then slipped down over the shorter wire(s) and tightened leaving the single long wire extending from the end.
