I'm putting in a light fixture into a junction box located in my living room ceiling. The box had a cover on it when I bought the house and inside are (2) 12-2 cables with the black going to black, white going to white, and ground wires not connected to anything.
I noticed when disconnecting the hots, the ceiling fan in the adjacent room lost power.
I've never seen this setup before but I can only guess that there was once a light fixture in the box and when it was removed, the wires were joined together to keep the circuit going for the light in the other room (which is operated by a switch on the wall).
Now for the question. Now that I am trying to install a fixture in the box, I have joined all blacks (2 that were already in the box and 1 from the fixture), whites, and have installed pigtails to connect all the grounds:
2 tails extending from the two ground wires coming from the cables, 1 from the box via a threaded screw, and then the wire coming from the fixture.
See photo here: http://imgur.com/MHiipVQ
Can someone please verify that I have this properly grounded?
Thanks.
I noticed when disconnecting the hots, the ceiling fan in the adjacent room lost power.
I've never seen this setup before but I can only guess that there was once a light fixture in the box and when it was removed, the wires were joined together to keep the circuit going for the light in the other room (which is operated by a switch on the wall).
Now for the question. Now that I am trying to install a fixture in the box, I have joined all blacks (2 that were already in the box and 1 from the fixture), whites, and have installed pigtails to connect all the grounds:
2 tails extending from the two ground wires coming from the cables, 1 from the box via a threaded screw, and then the wire coming from the fixture.
See photo here: http://imgur.com/MHiipVQ
Can someone please verify that I have this properly grounded?
Thanks.