powerplay
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I had heard that the common on the panel should be grounded at a Poolside Cabana building over 3m away. i went to disconnect the panel that they be able to renovate the building, and discovered they had coiled/isolated the bare bonding wire of the supply #6/3c teck cable, removed the bonding screw to the common bus, and the armoured jacket was stripped back a few feet in the pipe. The panel had #6 copper bonding the enclosure to the equipment, and two #6 leading outside... one bonding pool, the other to a ground plate or towards system ground? Is isolating the bonding wire and armoured jacket going back to the supply panel and grounding the enclosure at the Cabana proper? Neutral/common is best ground source they say, and if short develops at Cabana with no bonding back to main panel regardless of how well the pool is as a ufer ground, would it clear the fault? I had heard the pool bond should go back to the Main Service Panel and not the actual system ground. Thanks again!