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Need help understanding light switch box

4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago

Hello,

I am replacing the light switch and fan switch in my guest bathroom since the receptacle cover was cracked so I thought i would update the cover and switches to update the style. I have replaced a few now in our downstairs area, but the wires in this box are completely different. what im really confused about is the pigtailed silver(whiteish?) wires pigtailed together that isnt being used in tbe box. is this the ground wire? The entire downstairs doesnt even have a ground wire, so i’m not totally sure if this is one or not, and neither of the switches that were installed in the box use it. Should the new switches I install be utilizing this wire? Or should I leave it alone?


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