250.81 1996 Edition...The unspliced grounding electrode conductor shall be be permitted to run to any convenient grounding electrode available in the grounding electrode system. It shall be sized for the largest grounding electrode required among all the available electrodes.
250.81 changed to 250.50 1999 Edition. An unspliced grounding electrode conductor shall be permitted to be run to any convenient grounding electrode system or to one or more grounding electrodes(s) individually. It shall be sized for the largest ground electrode conductor required among all the electrodes connected to it.
The submitter for the change in 1998 ROP's wrote "While this change is primarily editorial, it will clarify that individual grounding electrode conductors are permitted to run to one or more electrodes. A single grounding electrode conductor should not be required to run to all the electrodes.
This change was done by one person. Electrical technology and the science of current flow is proof that this change is wrong. The original wording should have remained. There was never any intent to feed each electrode individually.
250.81 changed to 250.50 1999 Edition. An unspliced grounding electrode conductor shall be permitted to be run to any convenient grounding electrode system or to one or more grounding electrodes(s) individually. It shall be sized for the largest ground electrode conductor required among all the electrodes connected to it.
The submitter for the change in 1998 ROP's wrote "While this change is primarily editorial, it will clarify that individual grounding electrode conductors are permitted to run to one or more electrodes. A single grounding electrode conductor should not be required to run to all the electrodes.
This change was done by one person. Electrical technology and the science of current flow is proof that this change is wrong. The original wording should have remained. There was never any intent to feed each electrode individually.