groundwire question

[AlienAnchovies]

heres a dumb question
i just installed a retrofit kit that didn't have any instructions (pretty much came prewired, my question is where the heck do i connect the ground wire (its an orange wire) can i connect it to the canopy via a screw or does it have to be connected to a metal surface (kinda like when you install an amp in your car)

[JimD]

Are you sure the orange wire is ground? Most ground wires are green. And thats not a dumb question at all...... The ground wire would need to be connected to a grounded source like the center screw on an a/c outlet or any other source that is positively grounded.

[AlienAnchovies]

ha sorry, the wire is green, thing is the wires really short
the lighting fixture i think was gutted out one of those premade corallife lighting fixtures that you just mount over the aquarium, i bought this thing off e-bay btw

[JimD]

Idealy, youd want to solder an extention to it then wire nut it, but simply wire nutting it would work. Just make sure the extention is the same guage wire.

[AlienAnchovies]

awesome thank jim

[JimD]

Actualy, now that I re-read my post, soldering then shrink wrapping would be the ideal way to go in this situation.