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asuhayda OP t1_iy099c7 wrote

Reply to comment by Diligent_Nature in How to safely ground this neutral wire by asuhayda

thanks for your reply! They are not grounded at the panel. This was spliced off existing k&t to feed an outlet for my gas stove. So if I move those connections into a metal junction box, can I place the single ground wire into the box, touching the sides of it, and it will then be grounded?

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Diligent_Nature t1_iy0ypow wrote

>So if I move those connections into a metal junction box, can I place the single ground wire into the box, touching the sides of it, and it will then be grounded?

No. As I said, if the conduit is grounded, you can connect the ground to that box. You can't just install a metal box and expect it to magically be grounded. Otherwise run a ground back to the service panel.

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derphurr t1_iy0b8fk wrote

No. The box is nailed into wood. The k&t come through wood and insultators and there is no metal conduit all the way back to the panel. So that would be crappy ground.

If grill is outside you could hypothetically put ground rod in ground for that outlet, but not really correct or to code.

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asuhayda OP t1_iy10hwt wrote

its a gas stove in my kitchen, not an outdoor grill

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derphurr t1_iy170ek wrote

Well you need to run Romex from panel to those wire nuts and put it in a box.

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