Grounding electrode conductor

[LarryFine]

'No TA or locknuts, it is just a sleeve protecting the GEC,

Gotcha.

 

[tom baker]

I don't doubt that it is "better". I doubt it matters all that much one way or the other.

A wire running thru a ferrous raceway,where the wire is not bonded to each end of the raceway, will restrict 97% of the current from lightning. My source is is the IEEE green book on grounding.