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Re: Wire prices



"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I never disbelieved you....and I still think it's dee dee dee. The device
>in
> the box is already grounded  by the ground in the romex, to ground a
> non-conducting plastic box is wacko....like grounding the wooden stud it's
> nailed to would be.

One reason I can see to use a grounding screw in a plastic box would be if
the ground screw was bonded to a tapped metal hole meant to secure the
device or metal blank to be attached to the box. The Carlon 4-0 boxes I have
are made that way.
js




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