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Fundamental to the safety of those
installing, using, and servicing the electrical
system
Assures the system will work properly while
preventing damage to the system

All electrical systems serving structure must be
bonded together
Including the following
Electrical wiring system
Telephone system
Phone system
Burgular alarm system
Cable or satellite system
Grounding
The process of making a planned, continuous,
connection between NON-CURRENT CARRYING
parts of the electrical wiring installation and the earth
and some other conducting body
Process in which all NON-CURRENT
CARRYING METALLIC parts of the
electrical wiring system are permanently
joined together to form a CONTINUOUS
grounding path
Bonding
Reduces the differences in potential between
each electrical system
May be caused by power surges, lightning
strikes or other types of ground fault type
occurences

Circuits
Service Entrance Panel
Metal Water Pipe
Metal Gas pipe
Materials in Grounding System

Must be approved by NEC
THE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM
All materials must be grounded using
approved bonding and grounding electrode
systems
Check with local building code

Use of Bonding Jumper
To provide CONTINUOUS grounding path
around devices such as water meters installed
in metallic water pipe system

Metal Underground Water Pipe
Must be bonded to the supplemental
grounding system electrode and to the
neutral bus bar in the SEP
Connection must be made within 5 feet of
entering structure
Water pipe must be in direct contact with the
earth for at least 10 feet
Concrete Encased Electrode
Electrode encased in foundation footing covered with
at least 2 inches of concrete
Electrodes must be at least 20 feet in length and
consist of one or more steel reinforcement bars
Bare Copper
At Least #2 AWG or larger
Encircling residence for a length of 20
feet
Buried at least 2
Typically made of metal rods, pipes, or plates
Rod and Pipe Electrodes
Iron or steel rod electrodes
Must be 5/8 in diameter
Pipe must be in diameter
Galvanized or metal coated for corrosion
resistance
8 feet in length
Installed to a depth of 8 in direct contact
with earth
Nonferrous rods must be listed at no less
than
Stainless Steel- diamter
Must be at or below ground level
Must be protected from physical damage

Exceptions

If electrode can not be driven more
than 4 into the earth b/c of rock or
other obstruction
May be driven at an oblique and of no
more than 45 from vertical
At least 8 of the electrode must be in
contact with earth
Multiple grounding rods
When more than one electrode grounding rod is
used:
Must be installed not less than 6 feet apart
Must be bonded together with an approved
bonding jumper to form single grounding
electrode system
May be used in areas where it is not possible
to use a grounding rod or ring
Steel/Iron Plate electrode must be thick
Non-ferrous metal plate must be 0.06 thick
2 feet square
Buried at least 2 1/2
Grounding Electrode
Conductor
NEC permits
Copper
Aluminium
Copper-clad
AL and AL-CU may not be used in contact with
masonry, corrosive, or in direct contact with the
earth
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