dodge guy wrote:
joelyn wrote:
OK received the box today and as ya'll said it seems pretty straight forward. Just one question about the ground wire, green... as seen in the attached picture there are 2 place to put the green wire.. not sure if it matters, but do I put the green ground wire into the silver lug attached to the box or do I put it to the screw where the box ground wire is now attached???? black goes to black and white to white as i have outlined in the picture...... just asking about where to attach the ground. thanks to all again for the help
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I know this an olde thread but I would ditch the crimp connector at the outlet. No need for them. And not recommended for this kind of application. Why have 2 connection points at the same spot. Remove the connectors and connect the wire directly to the outlet!
I see what you are saying, but, the wiring from the house is most likely Romex and will be stiffer than the stranded wire that the manufacturer used for all three jumpers going to the socket when they made the shore power box.
That shore power box was designed and prewired so all one has to do is wire the Romex to the terminals provided.
It was built to code, passes code and therefore no reason to modify it from the way it was originally designed and wired.
If one was making a box like this from scratch one could just use all solid wire and be done with all of the stranded pig tails if one wished to make it that way.. The downside of all solid wire is wrestling the socket into place, stranded wire twists and turns much easier..
No downside to the way it was made..
