MrHandy2005
Member
We have installed a new 200 amp service in my son's shop.
While I was wiring up some of the outlet boxes(metal), I noticed a slight 'tingle'. The floor is concrete, 10" thick and a bit damp. When I went back to the service entrance, I measured between the earth ground (2-8' copper ground rods, 10 feet apart) and the concrete floor and read a voltage of 1.995 volts AC. I could not read nor detect any current flow.
My question is this- Is this a potential hazard and what would either cause this or what would I need to do to remedy this situation? The building is a steel building and I have grounded the frame of the building. Will bonding the frame of the building to the concrete floor clear this problem? I have no way of getting to the reinforcing mesh without a lot of work.
Thanks,,,,,,
BTW- everything is run in 3/4 EMT
While I was wiring up some of the outlet boxes(metal), I noticed a slight 'tingle'. The floor is concrete, 10" thick and a bit damp. When I went back to the service entrance, I measured between the earth ground (2-8' copper ground rods, 10 feet apart) and the concrete floor and read a voltage of 1.995 volts AC. I could not read nor detect any current flow.
My question is this- Is this a potential hazard and what would either cause this or what would I need to do to remedy this situation? The building is a steel building and I have grounded the frame of the building. Will bonding the frame of the building to the concrete floor clear this problem? I have no way of getting to the reinforcing mesh without a lot of work.
Thanks,,,,,,
BTW- everything is run in 3/4 EMT