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Hi men. This fixture began flickering then the bulb died. I put a new one in and it immediate made a popping sound and died. I opened it to look at the connections and it appears the ground wire is disconnected. I don’t see the other end of the ground wire or anything that with my limited knowledge I can recognize as something it is supposed to connect to. The ground wire also appears discolored and grey at the end. What do I need to do?

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It looks to me that the ground wire needs to be wrapped round the screw on the bracket where it’s marked “GND”

I would also shorten the wires a bit and get rid of the extra wire nut thingy on the whites.

@Megawatt may have more suitable ideas, with me being in UK
 
Hi men. This fixture began flickering then the bulb died. I put a new one in and it immediate made a popping sound and died. I opened it to look at the connections and it appears the ground wire is disconnected. I don’t see the other end of the ground wire or anything that with my limited knowledge I can recognize as something it is supposed to connect to. The ground wire also appears discolored and grey at the end. What do I need to do?

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My friend the ground wire needs to hook to the plate which holds up the fixture. As stated by my friend @littlespark. It’s a green screw and needs the ground wire to attach to it plus the fixture in your hand
 

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