Jhaney
Senior Member
- Location
- owensboro, ky
In general when placing copper or fiber armoured cable along a power route we bond the cable sheath or armour to the power company's #6 awg grd wire to keep our plant at the same potential as the power co.'s.
But in an area I'm not overly familure with I was told we do not bond to the power comany's grnd but place 3 our own ground rods and bond to them. The reason being is the power company is running a Delta system where their ground is their neutral. So I'm lost how does their ground being their neutral make a difference? I don't know if its my sinus headache or what but I can't wrap my head around this, any help explaining this or reasoning it out would be greatly appreciated....
But in an area I'm not overly familure with I was told we do not bond to the power comany's grnd but place 3 our own ground rods and bond to them. The reason being is the power company is running a Delta system where their ground is their neutral. So I'm lost how does their ground being their neutral make a difference? I don't know if its my sinus headache or what but I can't wrap my head around this, any help explaining this or reasoning it out would be greatly appreciated....