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  • Jul 18, 2010, 08:50 PM
    billypunk
    Am I grounding this light correctly?
    In installing a new ceiling light, I see the house black wire, white wire and the ground wire, which is screwed into the octagon electric box.
    My new light has a ground wire also, and the mounting bracket of the new light has a screw marked for the ground wire.
    Am I to leave the ground on the octagon box as is, and attach the ground from the new fixture to the mounting bracket on my new fixture?
    Thanks,
  • Jul 19, 2010, 06:14 AM
    donf

    Normally, I would connect the ground wire to the octagon box and then wire nut the two grounds together.

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