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Usually there is inside the fuse box a metal bolt and nut provided or a rail in case the box itself is made out of plasic. Typically there is a sticker with the earting symbol next to it(http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/symbol.htm) Join the green/yellow cable to that one, or the color used in your country
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∙ 13y agoThe ground wire is always connected TO the box. In breaker panels there will be a grounding connector for multiple ground wires... that too is connected to the box.
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How do you install 220 receptacle with white black and bare wires?
Assuming the wires are the correct gauge for application and breaker you use black and white wires as hot. Put red electrical tape on each end of white wire and connect red and black to the breaker output and bare wire to ground lug in panel. At receptacle connect black and red to hot contacts and bare wire to ground lug.
What if the light fixture has two copper house wires?
If you mean 2 bare copper wires those are the ground wires. Tie them together and then connect the light fixture ground wire which will be green or bare copper to those ground wires.
How do I rewire an ungrounded plug?
If there is no ground wire connect the ground wire to the neutral wire.
Is a copper wire a ground wire?
Yes, if it is not an insulated wire. If it is bare copper it is always ground. But the hot and neutral wire are also copper, they are just insulated.
Does all romex have a ground wire?
Some older wire does not have a ground. All you can do in that case is use a jumper wire to connect the ground to the neutral.
How do you connect a electrical outlet at home?
Black wire to copper screw, white wire to silver screw, bare copper ground wire to green ground screw.
How do you connect grounding of i and c?
Grounding of I and C? to ground something is to have a wire that goes to a grounded connection the bare wire in a normal wire set.
How do you install 220 receptacle with white black and bare wires?
Assuming the wires are the correct gauge for application and breaker you use black and white wires as hot. Put red electrical tape on each end of white wire and connect red and black to the breaker output and bare wire to ground lug in panel. At receptacle connect black and red to hot contacts and bare wire to ground lug.
What if the light fixture has two copper house wires?
If you mean 2 bare copper wires those are the ground wires. Tie them together and then connect the light fixture ground wire which will be green or bare copper to those ground wires.
What do you do with the green wire from a light if the receptacle doesn't have one?
Green typically represents a ground so you would connect to the bare wire at receptacle or look for a green headed screw.
Why can ground wire be bare?
A ground wire can be bare because it is not a current carrying conductor. It is at the same potential as all the rest of the metallic conductive objects that make up the electrical system that the ground wire is grounding.
How do I rewire an ungrounded plug?
If there is no ground wire connect the ground wire to the neutral wire.
Why does an electrical circuit have a copper wire?
If you mean a bare copper wire, that is the "ground" wire.
How should old 3 wire stove be wired in panel bare wire to neutral or ground or both?
Ground wire to neutral wire.
Why do my rear lights not work?
Could have a short in your wire, a bare wire touching bare metal could cause it to ground out.
How do you wire a wire to a wire?
If you are connecting 120 volts, you connect the black wire to the breaker, white wire to the neutral bar, and ground wire to the ground bar. If you are connecting 240 volts connect the black & white wires to the breaker, & ground wire to the ground bar.
Which wire in a 240V cable with black white and bare copper wires connects to which prong in a 3-prong 30-amp 120-240V dryer outlet?
Do not use this type of cable to feed a 120/240V dryer outlet. The outlet is ungrounded, and the third conductor is neutral not ground. Your ground wire must be sheathed by code. You cannot use the bare neutral conductor as ground. Diagram Did Not Come Through. You Have a 3 Prong Connector. The Prong On The Bottom By Its Self Connect The Bare Wire. That Is What Was # 3 Connect The Others To The Two Prongs Next To Each Other. Hope This Makes Some Sense (1) (2) (3) Connect White To (1), Connect Black To (2) Bare (3) Good Luck
