Ground Rod at garage

[JonatanM]

Inspector required me ground rods at a garage even tho the feeder to the garage comes with a ground directly from the main load center 200amp service. Any help ?

 

[Seven-Delta-FortyOne]

Ground rods are required at detached structures. The Inspectigator is correct.

Pound 2 in, hook em up, and move on.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

250.32(A) Grounding Electrode System and Grounding Electrode Conductor.

A building(s) or structure(s) supplied by a feeder(s) or branch circuit(s) shall have a grounding electrode system and grounding electrode conductor installed in accordance with Part III of Article 250.

 

[LarryFine]

Inspector required me ground rods at a garage even tho the feeder to the garage comes with a ground directly from the main load center 200amp service. Any help ?

If it is indeed a feeder to a panel, and not merely a 2- or 3-wire branch circuit, he's right.

 

[infinity]

Is this a detached garage?

 

[mikewillnot]

250.32(A) Grounding Electrode System and Grounding Electrode Conductor.

A building(s) or structure(s) supplied by a feeder(s) or branch circuit(s) shall have a grounding electrode system and grounding electrode conductor installed in accordance with Part III of Article 250.

So... assuming the separate building has said GE system, and it's own main disconnect or breaker, is the feeder in a 120/240 (resi)
environment required to have both, a separate Neutral and EGC? up to 2017 there was an exception that said "no," with conditions. not so familiar with 20 and 23.... yet.

 

[kwired]

So... assuming the separate building has said GE system, and it's own main disconnect or breaker, is the feeder in a 120/240 (resi)
environment required to have both, a separate Neutral and EGC? up to 2017 there was an exception that said "no," with conditions. not so familiar with 20 and 23.... yet.

Been the rule since 2008 NEC IIRC to run separate EGC with feeders to separate buildings. Exception is there to allow existing feeders without an EGC to remain as is. No exceptions for all new feeders. Pretty sure 2023 is still that way. Kind of no different than still allowing ranges and dryers to remain without a separate EGC if it was code compliant when it was originally installed though that change happened another 12 years or so earlier.

 

[mikewillnot]

So... assuming the separate building has said GE system, and it's own main disconnect or breaker, is the feeder in a 120/240 (resi)
environment required to have both, a separate Neutral and EGC? up to 2017 there was an exception that said "no," with conditions. not so familiar with 20 and 23.... yet.