K8MHZ
Senior Member
- Occupation
- Electrician
On a new 100 amp service for a residential garage / storage building, the inspector wants both ends of the EMT going from the bottom of the meter socket to the bottom of the panel to be bonded with a bonding bushing. There already is a bonding bushing on the end inside the panel. In addition to that, he wants another one on the end inside the meter socket (property of the POCO) bonded to the neutral passing through the meter socket.
I have never heard of an inspector making such a requirement. The inspector in question is in the county next to mine and the service belongs to a friend, so this is an inspector I have never dealt with before, and it's not really my gig.
Adding a bonding bushing is no big deal. My concern is 'a', the inspector is trying to enforce a 'shirt pocket' rule, and 'b' doesn't that create an additional grounded to grounding conductor connection?
My other concern is making a connection that is not accessible, as it is inside a locked meter socket, and if the POCO even allows such a connection. I have a call into the POCO's site engineer to clear that up.
If adding the extra bonding connection is not a code violation nor is it a safety issue, I feel it is best to just make the correction and be done with it.
Is adding the extra bonding connection either of the above? My friend owns a farm and is getting a little antsy about the inspector holding up calling the POCO for a turn on, but did give him a 'pass' sticker.
I don't feel comfortable with recommending adding a bond that in my 18 years of being in the trade I have never seen done.
I have never heard of an inspector making such a requirement. The inspector in question is in the county next to mine and the service belongs to a friend, so this is an inspector I have never dealt with before, and it's not really my gig.
Adding a bonding bushing is no big deal. My concern is 'a', the inspector is trying to enforce a 'shirt pocket' rule, and 'b' doesn't that create an additional grounded to grounding conductor connection?
My other concern is making a connection that is not accessible, as it is inside a locked meter socket, and if the POCO even allows such a connection. I have a call into the POCO's site engineer to clear that up.
If adding the extra bonding connection is not a code violation nor is it a safety issue, I feel it is best to just make the correction and be done with it.
Is adding the extra bonding connection either of the above? My friend owns a farm and is getting a little antsy about the inspector holding up calling the POCO for a turn on, but did give him a 'pass' sticker.
I don't feel comfortable with recommending adding a bond that in my 18 years of being in the trade I have never seen done.