# Removing a light switch for good - what do you do with the ground wire?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-light-switch-for-good-what-do-you-do-with-the-ground-wire/545111>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 30, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-light-switch-for-good-what-do-you-do-with-the-ground-wire/545111 "2010-06-30T20:26:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-light-switch-for-good-what-do-you-do-with-the-ground-wire/545111/21 "2010-07-02T01:27:25Z")

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> [@Rumor\_Watkins](#):
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> I’m not really concerned about violating electrical code if there’s no hazard in doing so.

the above will come across wrong. thanks for the information, and I wasn’t intending to suggest that your contribution was useless - rather that it’s not a pressing concern to me if it’s not a safety issue.

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-light-switch-for-good-what-do-you-do-with-the-ground-wire/545111/22 "2010-07-02T01:33:30Z")

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any lighting which is switched from the doorway will meet code, lighting triggered by a passive infrared switch or a floor or table lamp (with its own switch) near the doorway is good.

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