lendog
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Hi does anybody know were in the code book it says how many amps e.m.t. is good for ground. Someboddy asked me where in the book it says it, but I cant find it.
E.M.T. good for ground
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lendog said:
Nowhere in the NEC is it limited by amps.
EMT is allowed as an EGC per 250.118.
chris kennedy
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iwire said:
Yeah but I always...
Never mind:grin:
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chris kennedy said:
:grin:
LOL
Maybe he can get paid more money to run the extra useless:wink: conductor.
Jim W in Tampa
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I would not trust it.
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Jim W in Tampa said:
Of course not, it will never work. :grin:
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[B said:
You 2 are starting trouble again.Jim W in Tampa said:
Jim W in Tampa
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iwire said:
No Bob i did not say that.It might and then again it just might not.All we need is 1 set screw that wasnt tightened or conduit that got hit and came apart.Then we have something worse than no ground at all.
Jim W in Tampa
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Dennis Alwon said:
Who ? me ? noway just stiring the pot LOL
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Jim W in Tampa said:
All we need is 1 wire-nut that wasn't tightened or wago that got hit and came apart.Then we have something worse than no ground at all.
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
iwire said:
Ahhhh but in Jim's case you still have the EMT for the ground.
peter d
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As I said the last time this issue came up, we always splice with 100% accuracy but we somehow forget to make sure our raceways are mechanically sound. 
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Dennis Alwon said:
I was taking NM jobs, are your suggesting we should always run redundant grounds? :grin:
By the way, run an EGC, don't run an EGC I really don't care.
Sometimes I do, sometimes I do not, depends on many things. :smile:
What I try to do is get people to think about the reasons why they do the things they do.
Don't just do things because you have always done them, or that was 'how I was taught', or someone said it was better, ask yourself why.
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
roger said:
That's why you bring in a third party and pull another ground wire just to be safe. :grin:
peter d said:As I said the last time this issue came up, we always splice with 100% accuracy but we somehow forget to make sure our raceways are mechanically sound.
But Peter, if the conduit is not mechanically sound, what's protecting the EGC inside of it?
Roger
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Dennis Alwon said:
:grin:
Can we also require tests, send emails and have meetings about the grounding for each circuit?
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- Chapel Hill, NC
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- Retired Electrical Contractor
iwire said:
Bob I don't care either. I was just trying to stoke the fire a little .
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