http://www.bathroomsconce.com/im-replacing-a-vanity-light-fixture-in-my-bathroom-but-the-copper-wire-wasnt-connected-help.html Enjoy our wide selection of bathroom lighting fixtures Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:04:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bathroomsconce.com/im-replacing-a-vanity-light-fixture-in-my-bathroom-but-the-copper-wire-wasnt-connected-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-3737 Irv S Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:18:32 +0000 http://www.bathroomsconce.com/im-replacing-a-vanity-light-fixture-in-my-bathroom-but-the-copper-wire-wasnt-connected-help.html#comment-3737 Yes. If your new fixture has a ground, connect it to the copper wire. You don't need the ground until something goes wrong. Luckily, nothing did. In a bathroom you really do need it if something does. Yes.
If your new fixture has a ground, connect it to the copper wire.
You don’t need the ground until something goes wrong.
Luckily, nothing did.
In a bathroom you really do need it if something does.

]]> http://www.bathroomsconce.com/im-replacing-a-vanity-light-fixture-in-my-bathroom-but-the-copper-wire-wasnt-connected-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-3738 Thomas B Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:18:32 +0000 http://www.bathroomsconce.com/im-replacing-a-vanity-light-fixture-in-my-bathroom-but-the-copper-wire-wasnt-connected-help.html#comment-3738 Yes if your new fixture has a ground, connect it, if it does not connect ground to box if it is metal. Yes if your new fixture has a ground, connect it, if it does not connect ground to box if it is metal.

]]> http://www.bathroomsconce.com/im-replacing-a-vanity-light-fixture-in-my-bathroom-but-the-copper-wire-wasnt-connected-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-3739 JonnyBGood Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:18:32 +0000 http://www.bathroomsconce.com/im-replacing-a-vanity-light-fixture-in-my-bathroom-but-the-copper-wire-wasnt-connected-help.html#comment-3739 Yes, connect the bare copper wire when installing the new fixture. That is the ground connection. The fixture will still function without connecting it, but it is for safety and is probably required for compliance with electrical building code. Yes, connect the bare copper wire when installing the new fixture. That is the ground connection. The fixture will still function without connecting it, but it is for safety and is probably required for compliance with electrical building code.

]]> http://www.bathroomsconce.com/im-replacing-a-vanity-light-fixture-in-my-bathroom-but-the-copper-wire-wasnt-connected-help.html/comment-page-1#comment-3740 STEVEN F Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:18:32 +0000 http://www.bathroomsconce.com/im-replacing-a-vanity-light-fixture-in-my-bathroom-but-the-copper-wire-wasnt-connected-help.html#comment-3740 Are you saying the old fixture was not connected to the copper ground wire in your electrical feed, or that there is no copper ground wire in the feed? If the former, connect the copper wire to the new fixture. If the fixture does not have a ground wire, screw the ground to a metal part of the fixture. If the later, you really need to upgrade the feed wire to include a ground. Are you saying the old fixture was not connected to the copper ground wire in your electrical feed, or that there is no copper ground wire in the feed? If the former, connect the copper wire to the new fixture. If the fixture does not have a ground wire, screw the ground to a metal part of the fixture. If the later, you really need to upgrade the feed wire to include a ground.

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