Breathtaking No Ground Wire In Switch Box

A snap switch wired under the provisions of this exception and located within reach of earth grade conducting floors or other conducting surfaces shall be provided with a.

No ground wire in switch box. I checked another switch. If a metal box use a meter to determine if you have line voltage between the hot conductor and the metal box. I went to install a dimmer switch yesterday.

Don t rely on metal sheathing or an exposed ground wire. If you want to make the ground connection you can loosen the clamp pull out the cable and unwrap a few turns of the copper wire. Where no means exists within the snapswitch enclosure for connecting to the equipment grounding conductor or where the wiring method does not include or provide an equipment grounding conductor a snap switch without a connection to an equipment grounding conductor shall be permitted for replacement purposes only.

The switch mounting box is made for a double light switch but only has 1 switch mounted in it. If your light switch spark box is made of metal it s likely that the bare copper ground wire you re looking for is wrapped around the wiring cable s sheath and held in place by the clamp holding it in place. Does this sound right.

Turns out the old switch didn t have a ground wire attached. Ground wires and ungrounded fixtures and boxes. Connecting the ground wire to a metal electrical box will energize the box in the event of a short circuit.

No ground wire in switch box. Is it a metallic or non metallic box. Then attach the ground wire to the grounding lug on the.

The box could overheat and start a fire or someone could get a shock from touching it. Do this to the ground wire be. Is there mettalic conduit feeding the box.