DangersBrew
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I installed a Leviton 15/20 amp on/off switch into a plastic gang box hard wired into my hot rod cable. It’s a 1650 watt element and I wanted to safely turn the element off and on without unplugging from an outlet. My question is does the ground wires need to be connected into the on/off switch green ground nut or is it fine to not ground the wires to the electric switch since it’s in a plastic box. Can I just wire the ground wires together with a wire nut instead. As a precaution I ended up wiring the 2 green ground wires together with one wire nut and having an extra a long pigtail sticking out of the green twist then attached to the ground screw on the ground switch. I didn’t know if this was necessary or just having the ground wires that are wire twisted together with a twist wire connector is suffice. I attached a pic of the finished product.