Has anyone found a good way to meet the intersystem bonding?

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The way I understood the requirement it has to accessable for the t-com and cable man. I just did a job and installed the Ground Bar on the outside of the meter base Tapped and bolted. I just know that one of my county inspectors is going to get upset because I provided my own 10/32 screws and didn't paint the heads green.

Rick
 
250.94 Bonding for Other Systems.
An intersystem bonding termination for connecting intersystem bonding and grounding conductors required for other systems shall be provided external to enclosures at the service equipment and at the disconnecting means for any additional buildings or structures. The intersystem bonding termination shall be accessible for connection and inspection. The intersystem bonding termination shall have the capacity for connection of not less than three intersystem bonding conductors. The intersystem bonding termination device shall not interfere with opening a service or metering equipment enclosure. The intersystem bonding termination shall be one of the following:
(1) A set of terminals securely mounted to the meter enclosure and electrically connected to the meter enclosure. The terminals shall be listed as grounding and bonding equipment.
(2) A bonding bar near the service equipment enclosure, meter enclosure, or raceway for service conductors. The bonding bar shall be connected with a minimum 6 AWG copper conductor to an equipment grounding conductor(s) in the service equipment enclosure, meter enclosure, or exposed nonflexible metallic raceway.
(3) A bonding bar near the grounding electrode conductor. The bonding bar shall be connected to the grounding electrode conductor with a minimum 6 AWG copper conductor.
Exception: In existing buildings or structures where any of the intersystem bonding and grounding conductors required by 770.93, 800.100(B), 810.21(F), 820.100(B), 830.100(B) exist, installation of the intersystem bonding termination is not required. An accessible means external to enclosures for connecting intersystem bonding and grounding electrode conductors shall be permitted at the service equipment and at the disconnecting means for any additional buildings or structures by at least one of the following means:
(1) Exposed nonflexible metallic raceways
(2) An exposed grounding electrode conductor
(3) Approved means for the external connection of a copper or other corrosion-resistant bonding or grounding conductor to the grounded raceway or equipment
FPN No. 1: A 6 AWG copper conductor with one end bonded to the grounded nonflexible metallic raceway or equipment and with 150 mm (6 in.) or more of the other end made accessible on the outside wall is an example of the approved means covered in 250.94, Exception item (3).
FPN No. 2: See 800.100, 810.21, and 820.100 for bonding and grounding requirements for communications circuits, radio and television equipment, and CATV circuits.
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Rick I thought about that but I'm wondering if my inspector will require a bar listed for outside? If there is such a thing.

"The terminals shall be listed as grounding and bonding equipment." is all the code requires. According to that your method should be fine.
 
I think as this requirement becomes more familiar with the inspectors and manufacturers we will get better products to use for the application, But for now I will stick to this method. I may end up getting stainless screws. I'm sure that some one will come up with a ICD that is weather resistant.

It's like Combo AFI's, TR Receptacals, Damp location Receptacles..... It will take the supply houses, Big Blue and Orange, and Manufacturers time to get up to speed. NC has delayed many provisions until 2009 because of availability issues.

Rick
 
I really thought that some of the meter can manufacturers would have added this type of bonding terminal as an option to their meter cans by now.
 
I guess a few guys have posted pictures where they bolt a little wee ground bar, like a PK7, to the underside of the meter can. Seems like that's probably the cheapest way so far. That T&B part is really ugly.
 
I find that T&B Bar to be a peice of junk. It does not connect to the meter very soildly from my experience.

The good old clamp that the cable companies attach to the corner of the meter socket seems to be better.
 
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