Hi. New member here. I've got an electrical engineering degree, but that's a big difference from being an electrician. (I REALLY appreciate a great electrician!) I've done a lot of residential wiring over the years and feel pretty proficient with most situations. When I have a question, I know when to ask for help. This is one of those times.
I found a decade old thread here that is very similar to my situation. I want to place an antenna on a wall on the south side of our new house, which is under construction. The electric meter is on the north side of the house. I'll install an 8' ground rod below the antenna. I'll install a ground block in the coax line and also connect it to the mast with a 10 AWG wire. Then I'll ground it to the new ground rod. I believe that's all correct, but please let me know if not.
Then I need to bond the new rod to the home's existing GEC. I've scoured other forums before discovering this one (which seems to have a much better base of knowledge BTW), and there is a lot of conflicting advice out there. Many insist that the 6 AWG boding wire run around the perimeter of the house. Others suggest it could run into the house with the coax and bond to an existing bonded item like a copper water pipe. In my case, the water lines are PEX though.
Would it be code acceptable, and more importantly safe to run a 6 AWG solid copper wire from the new rod, into the basement, supporting it by running it through a small drilled hole in the floor joists and terminating it inside the service panel by connecting it to the ground bus? Running a bonding wire around the house would be a major undertaking for a variety of reasons, and I'd like to avoid it if I can.
Thanks in advance for your insight.
I found a decade old thread here that is very similar to my situation. I want to place an antenna on a wall on the south side of our new house, which is under construction. The electric meter is on the north side of the house. I'll install an 8' ground rod below the antenna. I'll install a ground block in the coax line and also connect it to the mast with a 10 AWG wire. Then I'll ground it to the new ground rod. I believe that's all correct, but please let me know if not.
Then I need to bond the new rod to the home's existing GEC. I've scoured other forums before discovering this one (which seems to have a much better base of knowledge BTW), and there is a lot of conflicting advice out there. Many insist that the 6 AWG boding wire run around the perimeter of the house. Others suggest it could run into the house with the coax and bond to an existing bonded item like a copper water pipe. In my case, the water lines are PEX though.
Would it be code acceptable, and more importantly safe to run a 6 AWG solid copper wire from the new rod, into the basement, supporting it by running it through a small drilled hole in the floor joists and terminating it inside the service panel by connecting it to the ground bus? Running a bonding wire around the house would be a major undertaking for a variety of reasons, and I'd like to avoid it if I can.
Thanks in advance for your insight.
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