Have you taken the socket out of your hood? what you do with the ground wire?

attach it to any nut on hood or tune houseing its a safty device icase you have a short it grounds thru the hood instead of you but the hood is hanging so it will probably electricute you anyways... but yeah any nut or screw will work.

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Boy, that looks like an electrician's (and a firefighter's) nightmare...

that entire setup is asking for some serious troubles my friend...one thing you never, EVER half-ass with a grow is the wiring/electrical components. I mean no offense, I make this post out of concern for you and your [family, roommates, pets, etc.]

Originally Posted by onlybuilt4

Boy, that looks like an electrician's (and a firefighter's) nightmare...

To my HIGHLY untrained eye, the ground looks "okay," as in functional, but that entire setup is asking for some serious troubles my friend...one thing you never, EVER half-ass with a grow is the wiring/electrical components. I mean no offense, I make this post out of concern for you and your [family, roommates, pets, etc.]

umm can you expand on this please ...what "serious troubles" are you speaking of?

vert is tricky and this is my first run.... i don't take any offense man...
i was under the impression everyone was doing it like this...
any ideas to help would be great...you got me kind of freaked out...
also why you edit your post?

Hey babysas the ground should be attached to the bulb fixture, in your case the small metal piece that the hooks support is about the only place I can see. You need a self tapping screw that fits in the ring terminal of the green/ground wire, use a drill to screw it into the metal. In case of a short circuit this will give the electricity a route to get back to the ground at the outlet, instead of grounding through your body if you were to touch it. Hooking a chain is not a secure connection!

Here'a pic of mine.

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looking better?
for reals stonetech you could of saved my life.....much love

thats how you do it! less pieces of wire wiring caps and viynl tape and call it a day. good info babysas.

oh i was medicating and yeah came up with a better title for this thread....

hemem

You can take the socket out of the hood,but you can't take the hood out of the socket.

eh?