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    Dec 8, 2009, 02:32 PM
    How to ground a chandelier that has no ground wire
    My chandelier is old. The grounding wire does not exist. The ceiling has a third wire. Black, white and green. Which is ground and where on the chandelier should I attach?
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    Dec 8, 2009, 02:41 PM

    Attach the green ground to the spanner mounting plate that runs side to side on the ceiling box. The light attaches to the spanner and makes a ground, fixture is grounded but not the individual sockets
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    Dec 8, 2009, 02:52 PM

    If this is hanging on a chain, I usually see a bare stranded copper wire laced through chain with supply wires.

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