In a radio room I desire to bond the permanently wired surface mounted outlet strip (120 V) to the single point ground to which all the radio equipment and antenna surge protectors are connected. Single point ground is a copper bus bar 0.25 in by 2 in by 20 in. Distance is about 2 ft. I prefer to run the connection on the surface rather than behind the drywall. Radios are about 4 public safety radios with outputs around 100 W.
I'm looking for suggestions on good ways to protect the bonding conductor (or I could just use one heavy enough to be self-protected) and make the connection at each end.
Radio equipment is electrically identical to typical amateur radio equipment, so NEC 810 Part III provides guidance, but shouldn't be binding since the radios are authorized by the military, not the FCC.
In addition to the bonding described above, the ground bus will be bonded to a ground rod outside the radio room, which in turn is bonded to the main grounding electrode conductor near the service panel.
I'm looking for suggestions on good ways to protect the bonding conductor (or I could just use one heavy enough to be self-protected) and make the connection at each end.
Radio equipment is electrically identical to typical amateur radio equipment, so NEC 810 Part III provides guidance, but shouldn't be binding since the radios are authorized by the military, not the FCC.
In addition to the bonding described above, the ground bus will be bonded to a ground rod outside the radio room, which in turn is bonded to the main grounding electrode conductor near the service panel.