ungrounded
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- Oakland Co, MI
Hello, working on fixing yet another satellite dish grounding issue. The service entrance is on the opposite side of the house of the dish installation, with the dish mounted on a 8 foot pole about 50 feet from the house (Line of site issues due to trees). The original installer (in 2004, I think) clamped a ground wire to the cold water pipe and put the grounding block inside the house. :happysad: I'm upgrading equipment and need to correct this issue. Based on reading sec 810,820, and parts of 250 the only viable solution I see is a 2nd ground rod.
Is insulated THWN wire acceptable? (It's actually a little cheaper than bare wire, go figure).
The jumper must be routed on the outside of the house? I'm only asking because it's a difference of 70 vs. 140 feet of wire and a lot of digging.
The scary part is the installer said it was acceptable to: A) run a 65 foot 10 AWG wire grounded at the main electrical box to the coax grounding block, or B) run 140 feet of 10 AWG wire around the house and connect to the ground rod.
Is insulated THWN wire acceptable? (It's actually a little cheaper than bare wire, go figure).
The jumper must be routed on the outside of the house? I'm only asking because it's a difference of 70 vs. 140 feet of wire and a lot of digging.
The scary part is the installer said it was acceptable to: A) run a 65 foot 10 AWG wire grounded at the main electrical box to the coax grounding block, or B) run 140 feet of 10 AWG wire around the house and connect to the ground rod.