Questions tagged [grounding-and-bonding]
For questions dealing with grounding and bonding of electrical installations, and the specific requirements of such.
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How do I ground an AC inverter in a RV?
I am working on installing a Victron Energy Phoenix Inverter 800VA into my little teardrop RV. I am doing something men just don't do, I read the Victron Energy Phoenix Inverter manual! Appendix A ...
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Adding Transfer Switch to Main Breaker with no available ground/neutral spots on bus
I am installing a 10 circuit reliance manual transfer switch. I need to install the ground to the ground bar and the neutral to the neutral bar. However, both grounds and neutrals are mixed in my ...
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Grounding recommendation at a remote receptacle/ground rod?
My home was built in the 1930s with knob and tube wiring. The previous owner(s) replaced or augmented it, a bit at a time, and when I purchased the home from the last one he said that there was no ...
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To use any generator with the house inlet, may one leave the generator ground wire unconnected in the inlet?
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To facilitate using any generator with the house inlet, regardless of transfer switch type or generator neutral-ground-bond status, may one leave the generator ground wire unconnected in the ...
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Grounding Rod Requirements (Canada, Ontario)?
Been reading up on grounding requirements in my region, but am rather confused about the 2015 code.
Rule 10-700 of the Canadian Electrical Code states that
Rod electrodes must consist of at least two ...
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Do pipes need to be bonded to GEC within 5 feet of entry?
I received a competitive quote from an electrician to upgrade my home's service. He wanted to know where the water and gas lines entered the house because he said they needed to be bonded to the GEC ...
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How to upgrade apartment's power grid to protect my electrical devices
I'm not at all an expert in electrical engineering so I'll try to do my best of explaining my issue.
I live in Finland and I own an apartment that was built in the 80's. There has been some ...
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Should the grounds and neutrals be isolated in this "subpanel"?
I have a main disconnect panel outside by my meter.
I've got the two hot legs, a neutral and a ground wire from a ground rod below the meter coming into the panel. The neutral and ground wires are ...
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Need help resolving open ground in 3-way switch circuit
I have wired a new circuit in my house that is an outlet controlled by 2 3-way switches. I intend to plug a chain of 4 LED shop lights into the outlet. I have run 14/2 from the panel to the first 3-...
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Ground-neutral impedance
In the US electrical system, as I understand it, the ground and neutral wires are connected (bonded?) together at someplace.
In the past, the location of the neutral bonding was a matter of local ...
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120v from 240v with a transformer
I have 240v over Hot-Hot-Ground which is feeding to a sub-panel for a pool.
Sub-panel will have a 30amp 2-pole breaker for the pool pump and a 15amp breaker for the lights.
I need 120v for the pool ...
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Should my new service panel be bonded?
I am upgrading an obsolete Sylvania panel located inside the house. There's a main panel outside the garage with the main 150 amp breaker. I have a supplied bonding screw with the new panel. ...
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Can a 20' section of #4 rebar server as concrete-encased electrode ( UFER ) if it is not attached to the rest of the rebar matrix in an on-grade slab
Let's say we have 9'x25' monolithic concrete slab of 5" thickness with a 12" deep by 12" wide "haunch" footer around the perimeter. At 2-1/2" inches below the surface of ...
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Does the ground wire need to be continuous through the termination block?
I need to re-route where the ground wire goes through the exterior wall. From the panel, it is run continuous through a termination block (picture below), through the exterior wall, then out to the ...
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Grounding Metal Garage with Subpanel
For the subpanel I am installing in my metal garage (concrete floor), I have sunk an eight foot copper-coated rod next to the outside wall and adjacent to the panel which is on the inside of the ...
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Conduit / Best practices for a shared ground between branch circuits in residential?
According to NEC 2014 250.130 :
Article 250 - Grounding and Bonding
VII. Methods of Equipment Grounding
250.130 Equipment Grounding Conductor Connections. Equipment grounding conductor connections at ...
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What is the appropriate fitting to connect an armored cable to this stand-alone receptacle product?
I have a pre-existing #6-3 armored cable (without a separate ground conductor), as shown here:
I am replacing the range this was connected to, and would like to provide a 4-wire connection via a 14-...
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Can I use the metal cladding of a cable as ground for this range installation?
I have a pre-existing #6-3 cable (without ground) with metal cladding on a 50-A two-pole circuit that was wired into a range. As shown in the photo, this cable has only black, red, and white ...
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why does my main service electrical panel not have a ground? or is it bonded already?
So im in the middle of installing a mini split in my home and i was about to start the wiring but when i opened up my main panel i realized that i dont have any grounds anywhere.So i started doing my ...
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Direct Burial Wire for 200 Amp Sub Panel from 200 Amp Main
I'm trying to get the right info to price out my project.
I plan to install a 200 amp sub-panel in a shed with a 125 to 150 amp feeder breaker. The shed is about 180 feet away from the main panel. The ...
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Neutral-Ground bonding with generator (no utility power)
I've been doing plenty of searching around the internet, but cannot find anything for my specific scenario. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
I would like to install a breaker panel at ...
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Is my main panel improperly bonded?
My house was built in 1975 and I pretty obviously have a "Rule of 6" GE main panel (the meter is above this)
My father-in-law (who has taught me a great many DIY things) swears that the ...
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What is the correct safe way to wire ground in a domestic 110/220 step transformer?
I am not an electrical engineer and do not have a deep understanding of all the different factors in transformer design. My question is about a plug-in 2:1 step up/down transformer used for 120/240 ...
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Are generator "bonding plugs" safe and legal?
I've been researching portable generators, and I have learned that models with a floating neutral need to be grounded. Some people say you can bypass this requirement by plugging a "bonding plug&...
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Unused red for ground in existing armored cable?
My house has a lot of older armored cable using the armor for ground.
If I'm working in a box and find a three-conductor wire with only black/white in use, and I know where the other end is, should I ...
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Is this grounding configuration correct?
While doing work in my breaker panels I noticed the following:
300A service enters into a large box on the right where it is split to a 200A and a 100A panel. Neutral and ground are bonded in the ...
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Can I bond my ground to my gas pipes?
Do I have to install the grounding electrode all the way to the service section, or can I bond the gas pipe to building steel which is continuous through out bldg and then bond the steel to the ...
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Sub panel install issue
I had a sub panel installed recently. The plan was that i will be installing my own breakers. The sub is running off of the main about 25 feet away in my garage. I understand that the ground and ...
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Bonding new communications system to home grounding system
This will be handled by an electrician, but I wanted to get info on what's permissible as my first stab at talking to an electrician led to a conclusion that seems disallowed and unsafe (entirely ...
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Wires from meter to disconnect to junction to home [duplicate]
Maybe I am not explaining what I have here
There are 3/4 AWG WIRES leaving the meter and Running to a 100A disconnect
with a neutral bar no grounding wires in the box just 2 hot and 1 for the neutral
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Grounded Neutral Voltage Fluctuatons
BACKGROUND: Hi this is in Chicago so we use EMT Conduit as our grounding system and only use an EGC for stoves/dryers/sump pump/ etc... so I was working with my cousin to demo stuff in a basement in a ...
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Sharing a Ground Conductor Between Multiple Circuits
I'm thinking about running circuits for lights and an infrared heater to a patio. The heater is a 6000 W unit with two individually controlled tubes – I'm thinking this will start off in 12/2/2 NM-B ...
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Subpanel breaker sizing in detached shed with electrical feed from breaker in main house panel
I want to feed 240V 30A from a new 30A breaker in my home main electric panel to a new subpanel in a adetached shed. The electric feed I want to use for the new subpanel is (4) 10awg THWN wires (R/B/...
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How to ground solar transfer switch
I am installing an off-grid solar system to power some external buildings, but I want an automatic transfer switch so that outlets will be grid powered when the solar batteries are low.
Can I run a ...
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Can I use an existing Ground Rod for Sub-Panel in Detached Garage (Meter box is using the rod currently)
Two buildings: Home and Detached Garage (circa '04 US). Service comes in through a Meter on the Garage to a PVC conduit into the Main box in the home (Single phase 240V with Neutral). In the main box ...
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How should I handle grounding & neutral bonding when replacing my sub-panel?
Current subpanel was installed in the early 70s. We think we need to replace it as lights are not working (very dim, flickering/fading in/out) - we suspect an open neutral.
How do we wire in a new ...
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How to compliantly bond galvanized water pipes if the water heater isn't an option
In a previous electrical inspection, I was told to add a 4 AWG CU bonding wire from the main panel to the hot and cold pipes on my water heater. I'm in the process of replacing my water heater with a ...
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Why would I have i lost one leg on 240 after maintenance guy changed 100 amp disconnect at the meter
I was having trouble with my lights flickering, then the power went out totally. I checked the main breaker inside, and it was not tripped so I went out to the disconnect at the meter and found that ...
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How to find a neutral to ground short on my main panel
I've just installed a subpanel in my attached garage. The rough in has passed inspection, however my main panel has standard breakers and has never had fault finding interrupter breakers in it, and ...
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Bare neutral to subpanel in detached garage
I have an old house with a detached garage. There is power to the detached garage through a 3-conductor cable that is routed above ground. Power from my house comes from the power pole, to my house. ...
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Momentary 'brown-out' when a motor kicks on
As a home owner, I have an ongoing issue which is that everytime any motor kicks on (refrigerator, AC condenser, sabre saw, etc.) the lights dim for a second or two. The main service is at the ...
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Can I bond gas plumbing via gas water heater's electrical connection ground?
Locale: WA State, U.S.
Inspector approved gas plumbing and followed up later, saying:
"Please note that we will be verifying the bonding of the new gas piping at the next inspection, please ...
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Grounding tv antenna in attic?
I know this question has been raised all over the internet, with a variety of responses, but here is my specific situation:
I purchased this antenna and plan to mount it in my attic. I have an indoor ...
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Can I run a new circuit in the same conduit as ground cable?
I had a 100 A sub-panel installed in my garage. The electrician used an LB and conduit stub to bring the ground cable outside into the ground -- the cable is 4 AWG, stranded, in 1/2" schedule 80 ...
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Replacing subpanel that was fed with 3 wires
A contractor replaced my subpanel with a new one, and will come back for other work and inspection. (Old subpanel is Federal Pacific.) My home is in California, built in early 1980s. The subpanel is ...
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Mixed conduit grounding code
I'm running a few outlets to my basement from the main panel on the first floor. Since it is a garage, sealed 3/4" pvc conduit runs through the concrete into the basement. This connects to a ...
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Can multiple grounding electrode conductors be placed on the same ground lug?
Couldn't find anything in the NEC 2017 that forbids it, but wanted to double check:
Can multiple grounding electrode conductors (thick multi strand is the outside-ground-rod wire, thin single 6GA is ...
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QO Main Service Panel - Ground lug question - CT resident
I have a fairly new QO main svc panel (QO142M200PCAFVP) which is being used as a service panel (bonded, not a sub-panel). The green screw (top right) bonds the panel appropriately.
The main 3 ...
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Voltage between breaker box and earth
I recently bought an older (1920) house. The wiring was upgraded ~20 years ago. The breaker box is on the back porch. Circuits run though conduit to the floor of the porch, however the conduit ...
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Ground neutral bond screw on a PON main panel
I'm installing a Plug-On-Neutral (PON) main panel. There is a screw with a label indicating that if I need to bond the ground to neutral, tighten to 40lbs.
Now I know main panels generally have the ...
