Grounding Electrode Not Required?

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Trey4U

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The exception to 250.32A says ?A grounding electrode shall not be required when a single branch circuit, including a multiwire branch circuit, supplies the building or structure and the branch circuit includes an equipment grounding conductor for grounding the normally non-current-carrying metal parts of equipment?.

I have a structure that has ten single phase MLO panels each with two 30/2 breakers for 20 clothes dryers. Each panel has a multiwire branch circuit going to a distribution panel remote from the structure. Since there are ten multiwire branch circuits wouldn't the exception not apply and a grounding electrode be required for each panel?
 

iwire

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Each panel has a multiwire branch circuit going to a distribution panel remote from the structure.

Seeing as these circuits sound like they supply a panel they are feeders so the exception does not apply regardless of the number.
 

infinity

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I have a structure that has ten single phase MLO panels each with two 30/2 breakers for 20 clothes dryers. Each panel has a multiwire branch circuit going to a distribution panel remote from the structure. Since there are ten multiwire branch circuits wouldn't the exception not apply and a grounding electrode be required for each panel?

A separate structure is not permitted to be supplied by 10 different branch circuits unless it meets the conditions in 225.30(A) which your installation does not.
 
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