Re: Wire prices

["Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Olson is right,even if you use plastic box,you need to put a ground in the
> grounding lug...

I will be glad to once the AHJ says I have to, and does me the favor of
pointing out exactly where this ground lug is. I have not come across one on
a plastic back box.

"Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Panih.124026$_n2.1042548@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Olson is right,even if you use plastic box,you need to put a ground in the
> grounding lug...
>
> you must be asking why, a so crazy thing..
>
> its because,even if you use plastic box the ground wire need to connect to
> every metallic part of an electric system,that is not carrying power,so
> the metal on a switch,or an electric plug,or on a metal cover on the
> plastic box, they all need to be grounded,its the damn code that say it
> must,so by putting a ground lug,that connects to the hole where you screw
> your device or plate on the plastic box you respect the code,the ground
> wire is there to protect your life,not to just help copper wire company
> sell more wire....But if its your life,just yours,not any other,I would be
> in favour of not putting any ground wire to any electrical system that you
> could touch....
>
>
> I you would have a minimum understanding of any electrical code you would
> know that...
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> "Robert L Bass" <robertbass1@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>>> Grounding a plastic back box?
>>
>> It's another olsonism, like levitating ladders and snap-rolling 737's.
>> He's got a million of them (they're all lies, of course).
>>
>>> Let me see, how did that song go?
>>
>> O-l-s-o-n....
>>
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