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Electrical Wiring
cookncarpenter

Is ground to common better than no ground at all?

cookncarpenter
11 years ago

I have a receptacle that I cannot get a ground wire to. Is there any problem connecting the ground screw to the common, which are both connected to the same bussbar at the panel? Or better to just leave the device ungrounded...

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