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    Sep 1, 2008, 06:13 AM
    Ground on lighting fixture
    The old lighting fixture did not have a ground wire. The new one does. Where do I hook up the new ground wire.
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    Sep 1, 2008, 06:18 AM
    Hook up to the green or bare wires, if no ground wire and it is a metal box, then hook to fixture bar, and when fixture bar is screwed into metal box, it should? Be grounded
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