david
Senior Member
- Location
- Pennsylvania
An electrician that I usually do inspections for did a service out side of the area that I travel in.
They ran service conductors from the service drop to a two gang meter can. From the two- gang, they ran service entrance into two separate premises separated by fire rated construction.
They then drove two ground rods ran the grounding electrode conductor from the service equipment in the first premise to the two ground rods, from the two ground rods they went to the second premise service equipment. The GEC was continuous from one premise to the other.
They failed the inspection. The inspector ask for four ground rods stating because the fire rated construction making the premises separate he wanted four ground rods.
They drove two more ground rods all six ft. apart. They called back the inspector, before he would pass the service with four rods; he wanted the GEC that was continuous, cut separating the ground rods into two for each of the premises.
They ask me what I thought.
1. I thought the two rods would be okay because of the two- gang meter socket.
2. I thought it was a code violation to separate the four rods because they were all six ft. apart.
What do you guys think?
[ July 29, 2003, 10:21 AM: Message edited by: david ]
They ran service conductors from the service drop to a two gang meter can. From the two- gang, they ran service entrance into two separate premises separated by fire rated construction.
They then drove two ground rods ran the grounding electrode conductor from the service equipment in the first premise to the two ground rods, from the two ground rods they went to the second premise service equipment. The GEC was continuous from one premise to the other.
They failed the inspection. The inspector ask for four ground rods stating because the fire rated construction making the premises separate he wanted four ground rods.
They drove two more ground rods all six ft. apart. They called back the inspector, before he would pass the service with four rods; he wanted the GEC that was continuous, cut separating the ground rods into two for each of the premises.
They ask me what I thought.
1. I thought the two rods would be okay because of the two- gang meter socket.
2. I thought it was a code violation to separate the four rods because they were all six ft. apart.
What do you guys think?
[ July 29, 2003, 10:21 AM: Message edited by: david ]