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![I'm a handyman so I know electrical basics to replace fixtures and such but not the why. What is the point of these grounding screw? If there is a ground wire and I'm a handyman so I know electrical basics to replace fixtures and such but not the why. What is the point of these grounding screw? If there is a ground wire and](https://preview.redd.it/ourrhhjce1s91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=18fd0ec117d2cb72176861567815f8cc08ddd0b4)
I'm a handyman so I know electrical basics to replace fixtures and such but not the why. What is the point of these grounding screw? If there is a ground wire and
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![The purpose of grounding is safety: A ground wire generates a short circuit and trips the circuit breaker or fuse when voltage is leaking improperly to the electrical box or to the The purpose of grounding is safety: A ground wire generates a short circuit and trips the circuit breaker or fuse when voltage is leaking improperly to the electrical box or to the](https://cdnassets.hw.net/dims4/GG/5d2a676/2147483647/resize/876x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdnassets.hw.net%2F76%2F3a%2Ff3571bc44217ba12bb197dcac493%2Fbonding.jpg)