Equipment grounding conductor for the range hood was attached to the ungrounded conductor of the circuit :roll:
Where did the black conductor go. I see a green and a white. 
That is screwed up!
Jeff, I think you forgotten the concept of of an energized piece of metal making for a great smoke particle collector:p
Obviously it is not short, his ticker is picking up voltage.
Wonder what the black wire was hooked on too?
Yep! Negative to positive induction.
Really! What did they do with the other conductor…Jeff ! Tell us!
I hadn’t considered that
Black from circuit is connected to green, white from circuit is connected to white w/black stripe. I didn’t look to find where the other conductors from the appliance were.
But does the range hood work ?
Jeff will let us know when he can let go of the switch… :shock:
Aw the guy was just color blind or he was using brail to connect the wires;-)
Early morning wake up device , you guys need to update yourselves .lol
A friend of a friend is a blind electrician. Believe it or not.
Yes, the hood worked. Other than the electrical connection, it was a good installation
Guess they cut the ground wire to keep it from tripping the breaker!?
I think the installer must have been an auto mechanic, where black goes to ground 
The hot went to the egc, and the neutral went to neutral. How was the motor or light getting energized?
don’t lick that hood…
Good question, but to be honest, I didn’t look any further into it.
Ahh, great hunch. I couldn’t think of one…
If the unit worked then the green conductor must have connected to the hot conductor on the unit.