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I got that.Just to be clear I think what you did is perfectly safe and meets the intent of the code it just does not meet the actual words in the code.
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250.94 Bonding for Other Systems. An intersystem bonding
termination for connecting intersystem bonding conductors
required for other systems shall be provided external
to enclosures at the service equipment or metering
equipment enclosure and at the disconnecting means for
any additional buildings or structures. The intersystem
bonding termination shall comply with the following:
(1) Be accessible for connection and inspection.
(2) Consist of a set of terminals with the capacity for connection
of not less than three intersystem bonding conductors.
(3) Not interfere with opening the enclosure for a service,
building or structure disconnecting means, or metering
equipment.
(4) At the service equipment, be securely mounted and
electrically connected to an enclosure for the service
equipment, to the meter enclosure, or to an exposed
nonflexible metallic service raceway, or be mounted at
one of these enclosures and be connected to the enclosure
or to the grounding electrode conductor with a
minimum 6 AWG copper conductor
(5) At the disconnecting means for a building or structure,
be securely mounted and electrically connected to the
metallic enclosure for the building or structure disconnecting
means, or be mounted at the disconnecting
means and be connected to the metallic enclosure or to
the grounding electrode conductor with a minimum 6
AWG copper conductor.
(6) The terminals shall be listed as grounding and bonding
equipment.
Seems like you're making this a lot more complicated. Maybe I'm wrong, but the way I read the red highlighted part above, mount a small ground bar to the side of the meter pan, and you're set, as long as they're electrically connected.
termination for connecting intersystem bonding conductors
required for other systems shall be provided external
to enclosures at the service equipment or metering
equipment enclosure and at the disconnecting means for
any additional buildings or structures. The intersystem
bonding termination shall comply with the following:
(1) Be accessible for connection and inspection.
(2) Consist of a set of terminals with the capacity for connection
of not less than three intersystem bonding conductors.
(3) Not interfere with opening the enclosure for a service,
building or structure disconnecting means, or metering
equipment.
(4) At the service equipment, be securely mounted and
electrically connected to an enclosure for the service
equipment, to the meter enclosure, or to an exposed
nonflexible metallic service raceway, or be mounted at
one of these enclosures and be connected to the enclosure
or to the grounding electrode conductor with a
minimum 6 AWG copper conductor
(5) At the disconnecting means for a building or structure,
be securely mounted and electrically connected to the
metallic enclosure for the building or structure disconnecting
means, or be mounted at the disconnecting
means and be connected to the metallic enclosure or to
the grounding electrode conductor with a minimum 6
AWG copper conductor.
(6) The terminals shall be listed as grounding and bonding
equipment.
Seems like you're making this a lot more complicated. Maybe I'm wrong, but the way I read the red highlighted part above, mount a small ground bar to the side of the meter pan, and you're set, as long as they're electrically connected.
1793
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In my area the POCO does not allow us to attach to the meter enclosure. The highlighted red, bold as I read it states that no matter where you mount the IBT it must be connected with a #6.
But if that were the case, then it wouldn't matter if it were "electrically connected" to the meter pan.
I read this as two options with the part you highlighted and underlined being part of the second option.
The first option is securely and electrically connecting to an enclosure or metal raceway, and the second option is mounting it at one of these enclosures (i.e. on the wall beside the meter pan) and connecting it with a #6.
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