How To Ground And Bond A Metal Electrical Box

In this video I will show you how to correctly bond a metal 4 square box. I want to be clear that you need to use a separate ground screw and a wire that is separate to the ground from your incoming power. Once you figure out how to bond a metal box it will make you confident in your electrical abilities.

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[TheAmericanrider]

I work Home Depot electrical sure I’ve learned a lot since being there but at the end of the day I sell parts not the service so any DIY folks that come in asking for advice I’m sending them here haha

[jonwikan]

Nice video. For all the more curious folks out there the box in this video doesn't need to be bonded to the box because he is using BX wire(metal sheathing is the ground), I am of course assuming it goes to the panel or another 4x4 that is bonded. I also might clear up that your ground screw does not need to be a green machine screw, the code book states the screw only needs to be green for the devices(switch, outlet etc..) the bonding wire needs to be green or green w yellow stripe but only if insulated. Bare wire is fine for this application. Most of use just buy pre made 12 gauge pigtails that have a green screw but if you can't find any you have an alternative. Some but not all jurisdictions allow self grounding receptacles instead of the grounding pigtails.

[jlr]

Hey - just wanted to thank you for this video. Always been too uneasy with electrical - but after watching this, decided to update a electrical box in the basement following your video. Last owner wired the basement in the 80s - no ground wires or screw, metal boxes. I'm gonna check out your other vids too now. Thanks.

[-ColorMehJewish-]

Thank you. I found that to be very helpful.
My house was originally run w/ ground wires (14/2 I believe) coming up to the metal gang boxes but they were simply grounded out tot he box, and only 2 prong receptacles were installed.
I would like to bring these up to code and I felt this video was helpful in explaining the best way to ground/bond them.

[phillybhatesme]

I installed a ceiling fan last night and this video was super helpful. I ended up grounding to my electrical box and used this pigtail method. Thank you!

[dsugimoto]

After watching this, I opened up a metal receptacle box in my basement that I needed to work on. The ground wire was wrapped around the ground screw and the two ground wires were merely twisted together with no wire nut. This was done by a professional electrician! Re-did the way you showed here (along with your ground nut video). Thanks!

[MikeJ-lh]

Hahaha. I love these videos. How about someone finally showing us how to ground a metal box when there is only a hot and neutral coming into it???

[HillsideAcres]

Thank you for helping out a fellow YouTube, currently installing some 12/2 mc to add outlets for lighting our new shop and indoor riding arena, have a pretty good understanding but the here and there tips that I’m picking up from you are going to make a big difference. Thank you!

[sabinsx]

lol, i really appreciated the outtake intro, that was nice!

[frankortiz]

Just subscribed. Nicely done. Omg - Its about time someone illustrates and provides a sample on “how to, ” especially the CORRECT way. Tired of hearing different people say “you’ll be fine” your whole house is grounded. “You don’t need a ground.” Smh. Great job. Thank you for sharing.

[zsoka]

You are so good!!! Clear explanations, good examples and providing the names of the parts and the tools in your information. I will watch more of your videos. I learned a lot.

[pico]

Thank you for the clear explanation and example. I've the confidence to redo my bathroom and bedroom without fearing I'm going to mess up.

[southbreeze]

You make it look easy. Great job, you answered all my questions! Keep the videos coming.

[marcosmatos]

Thanks to this video, I NOW know what I did wrong! Thank you for sharing with the rest of us DIY'ers.

[SonnetGomes]

Thank you so much. This video is extremely helpful for those who are learning the ropes like me.

[bobpeyser]

Fantastic video. That plus the Q & A section answered all my questions. Thank you!

[thomasdipaolo]

Awesome tip on bending hook in ground wire. So simple. Wasnt aware of that method. Thanks

[jonathansisk]

Thanks for this video. Answered my question about if I needed to ground if I was just using junction box as a pulling point.

[Jussayinisall]

Then you so much for these videos!! I'm in a mechatrontics program and electrical makes my head spin, these are great!!

[cicdrawings]

Thank you for making this video, it helped a bunch, I had no idea how to bond jump and 1900 box lol.