Ground rod location

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I just got a correction for the ground rod location for a 200 amp service upgrade. The service was in the rear of the house and we installed the ground rods in a planter in the front of the house near the water service. The inspector said at least one of the ground rods needed to be within six feet of the service, a location the customer did not want. Did I miss this in the 2020 ?
 
The second ground rod has to be within 6 feet of the first ground rod. That's how I read the code.

In Southern California most of the power lines run in the utilities right of way and feed the back of the houses main service. And the water services feeds from the street to the front of the houses. And the code requires the main water service has to be bonded with the first 5 feet of entering the house.
 
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Sorry, I meant "More Than 6 feet".

When I do a service, the ground rods are always adjacent to the main service and the bounding wire is run to the front of the house. Never seen the ground rods separated like that before.
 
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flashboom said:
I just got a correction for the ground rod location for a 200 amp service upgrade. The service was in the rear of the house and we installed the ground rods in a planter in the front of the house near the water service. The inspector said at least one of the ground rods needed to be within six feet of the service, a location the customer did not want. Did I miss this in the 2020 ?
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You didn't miss anything; the inspector needs to get his money back from whoever gave him his degree
 
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I've heard that two different grounding electrodes are required to be at least 6' apart. Like you can't pound in the ground rods within 6' of the water pipe. That's not in the NEC either.
 
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I've heard that two different grounding electrodes are required to be at least 6' apart. Like you can't pound in the ground rods within 6' of the water pipe. That's not in the NEC either.
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The code should say that, but it doesn't. The issue is the same no matter what the two electrodes are, but the rule only applies to rods, pipes, and plates used as grounding electrodes.
 
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The code should say that, but it doesn't
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I don't see why it should matter. In the example I posted the rods are there to supplement the water pipe in the event that the water pipe is changed to plastic. The rods are not there to make a better GES by having two electrodes.
 
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