Hello,I'm attaching a 12/2 wire to a new light fixture. The fixture has the white, black, and bare wire. The 12/2 wire also has white, black and bare wire. I've connected them together using wire nuts and then electrical tape.But the instructions say this: Helpful Hint: Attach copper ground wire to grounded outlet box.What does this mean? There was a screw that says ground on the light fixture. Do I need to attach the wire to this screw, PLUS connect the 2 bare wires together? Or can I just connect the bare wires together only?Background info: This house was built in 1998 if that helps. Also, this project is simply replacing the light fixture in a closet that I've moved about 3 feet. Just a standard light, nothing fancy.Thanks!
You did good with both grounds together. If its a metal box and the box is grounded (either by the bare wire clipped to the side or a grounding screw at the bottom. Or it could be grounded by the conduit being metal. If it's a plastic box the box is not grounded. In either case, just wrap one of the bare wires around the ground screw with the loose end long enough to wire nut the two bare wires together.
The black wire is the hot wire, the white one is neutral, and the bare or (sometimes green) wire is always conneted to the ground point. Connect all the like colored wires together, and connect the bare copper wire to the rest of the bare copper ones.
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Attach both bare Earth wires to the ground screw.
