2 Ground rods required?

[ptonsparky]

Could also be a branch circuit?

Could be, but I don't believe the OP comes close.

 

[jap]

Service or feeder wouldn't change anything although I've heard that some locales allow a single rod with a separate structure for a feeder. NEC still requires two unless tested.

It would in our area because if the Power Company set it we wouldn't be responsible for grounding it at that loction.

We'd only be responsible for the grounding (if needed) at where the feeder ended up.

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[jap]

It being a meter/disconnect it is safe to assume a service feeder.
No pictures, so is it or isn't it a structure based on NEC Definition? Most likely a structure, unless the meter/disconnect is somehow a free standing piece of equipment (Never saw one) it would be mounted to some sort of structure.

Now there's a contradiction in terms.

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[Little Bill]

We have a couple of inspectors here that pretty much know the ground rods are a joke. They allow a single rod at remote structures fed from a feeder.

 

[augie47]

We have a couple of inspectors here that pretty much know the ground rods are a joke. They allow a single rod at remote structures fed from a feeder.

(raises hand)

 

[LarryFine]

We have a couple of inspectors here that pretty much know the ground rods are a joke. They allow a single rod at remote structures fed from a feeder.

Same here. It's easy enough to ask about. I usually contact the inspector assigned to my permit when I have a question.

Maybe that's why I almost always pass inspections, occasionally with a small tweak I'm trusted to do.