I'm splicing four pieces of 14-2 gauge copper wire to an 16 gauge electrical cord. The copper wire doesn't have any covering on it. Is it okay to connect the grounds, then attach it to my keyless lampholder? Or is something bad going to happen then?
I don't think so you could get shocked, Look that up on an Electric Wiring site before you do and thing else
I'm not sure I understand what you are doing but to answer your question yes you can leave the ground wire bare. A 16 gauge cord is pretty light to be tying 4 other wires into. Is this going to feed the 4 wires?
Ground wires are typically bare. Just be sure as you put the wires and light back in the box that the ground wire is not near the connector with the black wire. The black one is the one that bites !
