I had an Intermatic timer light switch that seemed to stop turning on and off automatically. I bought a Defiant replacement.
The old switch had wires coming from it which were attached to the corresponding wires from the wall. The new switch did not come with any wires aside from two jumper wires. I connected all the appropriate wires from the wall to the switch easily, but the ground wire from the wall terminated in a screw cap with several other ground wires, and so I didn't have a wire to connect from the ground on the switch to the other ground wires.
Being white, I used one of the jumper wires to connect from the light switch to the screw cap the old ground wire was connected to. Everything works fine, but in hindsight, I'm not sure if this is appropriate. Should I go buy some more appropriate wire?
The old switch had wires coming from it which were attached to the corresponding wires from the wall. The new switch did not come with any wires aside from two jumper wires. I connected all the appropriate wires from the wall to the switch easily, but the ground wire from the wall terminated in a screw cap with several other ground wires, and so I didn't have a wire to connect from the ground on the switch to the other ground wires.
Being white, I used one of the jumper wires to connect from the light switch to the screw cap the old ground wire was connected to. Everything works fine, but in hindsight, I'm not sure if this is appropriate. Should I go buy some more appropriate wire?
- TL;DR
- Used a jumper wire to connect ground from light switch to other ground wires. Is this ok?