Timeline for Junction Box - Safe for Chandelier and is Tannish Wire the White/Neutral?
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| Jul 9, 2021 at 17:18 | comment | added | Ed Beal | You are correct I had seen the original fixture and the improperly ground attachment. | |
| Jul 9, 2021 at 16:23 | comment | added | heldmacm | Thanks again. Unless I'm missing something, I only see two wires - the black one and the tan colored one that used to be white. | |
| Jul 9, 2021 at 16:18 | comment | added | Ed Beal | I thought I saw a ground but if not put the one for the chandelier on that screw there may be an external ground wire you never know, I don’t worry about lighting as much as other things if the frame work is plastic or non conductive it may not even have a ground on the new fixture but probably will at aprox 50 lbs. I think the ground was from the original fixture, ground wires should be under the green screw on the box or support bracket, not on the mounting screws. But that’s me being picky like I am with apprentices. | |
| Jul 9, 2021 at 15:41 | comment | added | JACK | I've seen a few fallen chandeliers in my day. good point.+1 | |
| Jul 9, 2021 at 15:21 | comment | added | heldmacm | Thank you! I took a look at the UL label (nice catch), and it's rated for 150 lbs. One last question - since I don't have a ground wire from the box (just the green screw), does the ground wire from the new chandelier just tuck under the screw, or what do you do when there is no ground wire from the box? | |
| Jul 9, 2021 at 14:14 | history | answered | Ed Beal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |