Timeline for Does my light switch require a ground wire?
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| May 27, 2020 at 19:15 | comment | added | Dylan | Thank you for your reply. Im wouldn't be strong with the terminology so ill try my best to explain. Im from Ireland and ive done up my room and im trying to install a new light switch aswell. I have 2 live cables and a neutral. The back box is not metal and its not grounded. The light switch i want to install is metal. Does it need to have a ground cable aswell. Im unable to post a picture | |
| May 27, 2020 at 19:10 | vote | accept | Dylan | ||
| May 27, 2020 at 19:10 | vote | accept | Dylan | ||
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| May 27, 2020 at 0:38 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Can you post photos of the inside of the back box please? | |
| May 26, 2020 at 19:29 | answer | added | JRaef | timeline score: 2 | |
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| May 26, 2020 at 19:00 | comment | added | Owain | You have to state your location as regulations vary and this is an international site. In the UK you must not install a metal switch on an ungrounded circuit, and a warning label must be placed at the consumer unit if any circuits are ungrounded. | |
| May 26, 2020 at 18:54 | comment | added | Alaska Man | "I'm trying to install a new light switch from a plastic one to a metal one." Can you clarify what that means please. | |
| May 26, 2020 at 18:44 | comment | added | isherwood | Does this answer your question? Is a ground required when replacing an old single pole single throw switch? | |
| May 26, 2020 at 18:43 | history | rollback | isherwood |
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| May 26, 2020 at 18:43 | comment | added | Alaska Man | plastic one to a metal one ? what is plastic ? | |
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| May 26, 2020 at 18:42 | answer | added | isherwood | timeline score: 0 | |
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| May 26, 2020 at 18:42 | history | edited | Alaska Man | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 26, 2020 at 18:40 | history | asked | Dylan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |