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Do ground wires have to be grounded or can they be just taped off if not in use?
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∙ 13y ago
If your are absolutely sure they are not in use they can be left hanging taped off or just about anything that does not connect to a power source.
The problem:If this is a ground wire in a wiring harness is that manufacturers splice multiple grounds together in the harness and what you think is not in use may cause trouble if not properly grounded.Wiki User
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1991 capri does the radio need to be grounded separetly oR IS IT ALREADY GROUNDED through THE HARNESS OR ANTENNA?
It is not going to hurt to ground it with a secondary ground if you suspect it is not grounded. It is not grounded thru the antenna. Just run a ground wire from the radio chassis to any ground location.It is not going to hurt to ground it with a secondary ground if you suspect it is not grounded. It is not grounded thru the antenna. Just run a ground wire from the radio chassis to any ground location.
How do you ground a fixture if there is no ground wire from the wall and is it absolutely necessary to use the ground wire from the fixture or can you just cover it?
If you don't have the wire then you just can't ground it. This should not be too much of a problem. Most light fixtures are not grounded and some don't even have ground wires.
How you know if the wires black and white are mixed?
You use a known ground and check them for voltage. You can use an extension cord to reach from a ground to the wires you are testing. You are not putting it in an outlet, just to connect you to a ground.
Does Demi Lovato get grounded?
yes because at the end of the day shes just a normal teenager i'll tell you a secret demi got grounded on her 15th birthday she said"mom i dare you to ground me" and her mom said "ok demi your grounded"
How do you remove a GMC jimmy 1995 remote alarm start?
Go under the dash and look for a module that does not look factory. It will have a bunch of colorful wires exiting out of it and all of these wires will be taped on to random wires in your car. Then just cut all the wires off from where they are taped on. The only tricky one may be the starter wire which may have been cut to include a starter kill relay within the remote start. WHen you cut these wires you'll also have to reattach the both sides of the starter wire back together
What happens when lighting strikes while your in the air..Example if you were to jump before the lighting struck your body. Would you get less of a shock since you are not grounded?
If the lightning strikes you and the ground, your body would indeed be grounded. The arc of electricity from you to the ground is just as deadly, and your body would be a conductor.
When running outlets in a series can you still use the outlet itself as a coupler or do you have to pigtail the wires then feed the outlet?
Just firmly connect the wires under the screws and that will couple them. Each outlet has two hot and two neutral screws; just connect the wires appropriately and make certain that the outlet is properly grounded.
Can you ground 2 wires to one bolt in a car?
Yes there is absolutely no problem with grounding two wires to one bolt. Just make sure they both ground wires and one isn't a power wire, you will end up blowing a fuse if you do.
Do you have to break the ground wire at a pull box and bond it to the box?
When you refer to a pull box you have to be talking about a conduit system. In a metallic system, no don't have to ground pull boxes. By the fact that it is a metallic system the conduit and associated boxes are already grounded by the connection to the distribution panel. In a PVC conduit system a ground wire has to be pulled so that the load device has a return ground wire to trip the breaker on a ground fault. Pull boxes in a PVC system don't have to be grounded just the last junction box at the load.
Why would your right rear turn signal burn a bulb out in 20 mins?
sounds like you've got either a bad ground, a grounded hot wire or maybe just a bad bulb. Try another, then if that blows, check the voltage going to the bulb. Also, check for frayed or damaged wires.
What color is the ground wire when you have red black and white and I changed a switch that has a night light on it and it says it has to be grounded but these are the only wires i have?
Look in the very back of the switch box. There you should see a screw with a bare copper wire wrapped around it. That is your ground wire. Loosen the screw and add a piece of wire under it and then re tighten it. Extend it out to where you can connect it to the switch. The extended piece of wire should be bare or green so as not to get it confused with the other "hot" and neutral wires. Re install your new switch. Just as a note of interest, when you screw the switch to the box this also grounds the switch frame if the box is grounded. The code states that if there is a ground screw on the switch this must be the method that is used. What this allows is that when the switch is removed from the box the ground will still be intact to the switch for safety reasons.
How do you connect a homemade surround-sound speaker system together?
If speaker systems have Amplifier (home made).... Then you just combine their inputs so that ground couples with ground and signal input wires attached to the input wires or with connector.
