Enphase combiner box grounding on EMT entry

kslininger

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Estes Park, CO
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Retired
I have an Enphase combiner box with an EMT penetration coming from a metal enclosure Safety Switch (Ground bushing is installed on 3/4"EMT at Safety Switch. Does the same 3/4"EMT entering the combiner box need a Grounding bushing in addition to the existing ground bar?
 

kec

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CT
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Electrical Contractor
Not sure if this answers your question but here's todays install IMG_4058.JPG IMG_4059.JPG
 

jaggedben

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Northern California
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Solar and Energy Storage Installer
If the saftey switch is otherwise bonded and the EMT is made up tight with proper fittings, then no grounding bushing is required. If it's between the service and the combiner, then EMT may or may not provide the EGC all the way back to the service. If the switch is on the roof side, then a green wire from the combiner ground bar should bond the switch or something else on that side of things, which could be to a grounding bushing but could be done in another way.

You see a lot of grounding bushings in solar that exceed code requirements because of older (now out of date) requirements for a grounding electrode conductor from the array. It's still good practice in my opinion to bond the EMT on the roof side with a grounding bushing in the combiner, but it's not the only code approved method to accomplish that bonding.
 
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