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| I'm changing a wall switch, which controls a ceiling fan and light (two separate controls on the switch). The switch I bought said it can be wired to all existing fan/light wiring. It has three wires coming out of it: fan, light, power(hot). The old one had four wires: fan, light, power, ground. The new one does not have a ground wire or even a terminal to connect the bare ground wire that used to be connected to the green ground of the old switch. Did I get the wrong switch or am I to simply connect the bare ground wire to the screw holding the new switch box to the wall box? Thanks! |
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| Leave the ground off. |
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- Posted by manhattan42 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 6, 10 at 6:40
| Grounded switches can only be replaced with grounded switches. You need to get another switch, just as you had before, that includes a equipment grounding terminal or wire. |
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| "Grounded switches can only be replaced with grounded switches. " Give the code reference |
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- Posted by manhattan42 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 6, 10 at 15:26
| Switches 2008 NEC Article 409.9(B) "Grounding": "Snap switches, including dimmer and similar control switches, shall be connected to an equipment grounding conductor and shall provide a means to connect metal faceplates to the equipment grounding conductor, whether or not a metal faceplate is installed. Snap switches shall be considered to be part of the effective ground-fault current path if either of the following conditions is met: (1) The switch is mounted with metal screws to a metal box or metal cover that is connected to an equipment grounding conductor or to a nonmetallic box with integral means for connecting to an equipment grounding conductor. (2)An equipment bonding jumper is connected to an equipment grounding termination of the snap switch." ---------------------------- It is a code violation to use the ungrounded switch he purchased and needs to replace it. |
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