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I had two exterior step lights installed in front steps. The concrete was poured but the masonry contractor forgot to connect the grounding wires. How do I make it safe after the fact? They are 120 volt lights inside light boxes

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    Usually wiring through poured concete is in conduit, often ENT. Pictures of the inside of these light boxes, please? Turn off the breaker first, of course.
    – Ecnerwal
    Nov 17 at 2:45
  • The implication of Ecnerwal's comment is that the ENT itself may be the ground - that's why the request for pictures of the wiring in the box. Also, if there are ground wires then it's a simple fix to connect them to the fixture itself.
    – FreeMan
    Nov 17 at 13:34
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    @Freeman EMT would qualify but ENT is Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing. Alphabet soup lol.
    – Harper - Reinstate Monica
    Nov 17 at 18:13
  • oh. :( Would like to blame lack of coffee, but I'm sure I'd had a couple by then...
    – FreeMan
    Nov 17 at 18:24
  • But if it's ENT (smurf tube) (as is common) adding a ground should be relatively easy if the conduit was contructed correctly. OK, now to see if I can manage to take a vacation from spending too much time here, having ticked the 200K box for real. ;^) (and still no T-Shirt...)
    – Ecnerwal
    Nov 18 at 15:04

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