Wahoo017 t1_ixjndzc wrote on November 23, 2022 at 10:56 PM

A little confused from that description, but if either the wall, the fixture, or neither has an extra copper ground wire, that's ok. Wire nut off the extra one if either has it.

If there's no copper wire in the wall then your house probably has no grounds. If your wall outlets have two prongs with no third then you'd know this, but you'd have to test 3 prong outlets to be sure. Sometimes the junction boxes themselves are grounded by being connected to metal conduit.

hahvaggevabba OP t1_ixjo8gv wrote on November 23, 2022 at 11:03 PM

Thank you for the response! Yeah the light has a copper wire but the wall doesn’t. That makes sense. Thank you!

Wahoo017 t1_ixjpn1r wrote on November 23, 2022 at 11:14 PM

Yep my house has no grounds. It isn't ideal and one day I'll need to replace the wiring but it isn't urgent. Definitely worth checking to see if your electric boxes are grounded. Another thing you can do is add gfci's, so long as it is protected by a GFCI you can put in 3 prong outlets with no grounds.