Compliant bonding means?

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If it were me, I think I would have drilled the Beam and Bolted the lug directly to it, But there is probably a structual argument there somewhere.
 
TOOL_5150 said:
2: Depends on the avalible fault current. I would like to know that something has been tested so that during a fault, it doent just melt and leave the OCP closed. Putting that aside, It would probably work allright.

~Matt
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The grounding electrode conductor for a SDS is not intended to carry fault current, or help in tripping an overcurrent device.

Chris
 
chris kennedy said:
Cheezzyyy.
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The world is wierd!! I was looking at bonding some industrial vaccuum piping this way earlier this week in a large power plant down south. I don't need to clear faults just get rid of static charges and I used beam clamps as my attachments. I looked at these connections with a meter and they were excellent. Clamp digs right through paint, rust. etc. I'm guessing they probably are not listed nor do they have a current rating but they make a damn good connection and I believe you could run some pretty serious amperage through them before they would fail.
 
raider1 said:
The grounding electrode conductor for a SDS is not intended to carry fault current, or help in tripping an overcurrent device.

Chris
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What if there was a fault imposed directly to the building steel? Wouldn't the GEC carry fault current and keep the steel from becoming energized?
 
infinity said:
What if there was a fault imposed directly to the building steel? Wouldn't the GEC carry fault current and keep the steel from becoming energized?
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It could, that is why I stated that the GEC is not intended to carry fault current, but due to some unforseen situations it may carry fault current.

The point I was trying to make was that the purpose of the GEC at a SDS is not to carry fault current or trip an overcurrent device, but to limit the voltage imposed by lightning, line surges, or unintentional contact with higher-voltage lines and to stabilize the voltage to earth during normal operations.

Chris
 
raider1 said:
The point I was trying to make was that the purpose of the GEC at a SDS is not to carry fault current or trip an overcurrent device, but to limit the voltage imposed by lightning, line surges, or unintentional contact with higher-voltage lines and to stabilize the voltage to earth during normal operations.

Chris
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I knew that :D, I was just trying to point out that it can indeed carry fault current under the right conditions.
 
That's a very compliant bonding means for a construction electrician who is making due with the stuff he found in a box in the job trailer. :D
 
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