That is ridiculous, NEC states what qualifies for a grounding elecrode and tells you if it is present you must use it. If no naturally existing electrodes are present then it tells you you need to install at least one made electrode. Only naturally existing electrode that needs supplementing is the water pipe electrode, otherwise I have done many new buildings that have just a CEE and no other electrodes.
Yep ive read that article. But you know ahj
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I never knock inspectors or other electricians. As ive said before the 2 worst inspectors I have had to deal with both went crazy on me yelling codes i dont wanna know. My reply was is and will always be the same, yes sir Ill take care of it right now. Both after writing my red tag went over it and how I could do it and pass. .
I don't know where you get this loop or daisy chain out of my previous comments. I was talking about what is permitted in 250.64(D)(1), where you can have a common grounding electrode conductor and taps to each service disconnecting means. That is same thing you were describing. The tap connections must be made via exothermic welding, connectors listed as grounding and bonding equipment (check your split bolts for this listing before you use them), or a busbar - with further details for minimum size of the bar.hey kwired. I believe we already discussed this and a "loop" or "daisy chain" GEC is not allowed in a multiple service disconnect setup. The way I beat the split bolt issue was that I ran the GEC unspliced and just sliced the insulation of the conductor. I then ran a jumper from grounded busbar at each panel and attached to GEC via split bolts. No splicing of GEC
