let me get this straight

[laketime]

been reading up on grounding and want to make sure i got this right. the ground rod is driven at the meter. the egc is bonded with the grounded conductor at the meter. the grounded conductor is pulled with the hots to the panel (no ground needed). the grounded conductor is bonded to the can at the panel and then the ground/neutral bus is bonded to cold water in the house. so you do not have a ground wire pulled between the panel and the meter, is that correct?

 

[iwire]

so you do not have a ground wire pulled between the panel and the meter, is that correct?

Are there breakers or fuses at the meter or not?

 

[Charlie Bob]

That's right.
But you could run your GEC to the panel as well. At least that's how i understand it.

 

[Cavie]

been reading up on grounding and want to make sure i got this right. the ground rod is driven at the meter. the egc is bonded with the grounded conductor at the meter. the grounded conductor is pulled with the hots to the panel (no ground needed). the grounded conductor is bonded to the can at the panel and then the ground/neutral bus is bonded to cold water in the house. so you do not have a ground wire pulled between the panel and the meter, is that correct?

That is correct. If you ran a ground wire, you would be parelleling the neutral. Not allowed under 1/0 or with different sized wires. If you leave the main panel and feed a sub panel then you add the ground wire and isolate the neutral and grounds at the subpanel.

 

[bradleyelectric]

I forget where you are. In my area we drive the ground rod at the main disconnect switch and run a bond from the neutral to the main water and the ground rod. Neutral is bonded to the can at the main service switch. The grounded conductor runs from the power company transformer through the CT or meter to the service switch where it is bonded down. We do not wire the meter in most areas near me.

 

[laketime]

this will be in a house and the 200 amp main breaker will be at the panel not at the meter.

 

[Charlie Bob]

On a single dwelling, one meter i usually run the GEC from the service disconnect wich is bonded.
On a duplex or triplex i usually run my GEC from meter base.
Either way is right and accepted in my neck of the woods.

 

[laketime]

so pulling the gec from the meter to the main panel in pvc is a good practice or a waste of wire?

 

[e57]

so pulling the gec from the meter to the main panel in pvc is a good practice or a waste of wire?

One must take care to read the local POCO rules - not all will allow a GEC in the meter enclosure or before it.

 

[goldstar]

the ground rod is driven at the meter.

most of the time, yes but there are occasions when you are not able to do that. For example, if the meter is on the side of the house where the driveway is and the pavement runs right up to the house you'll have to find a shrub bed nearby to drive the ground rod(s).

the egc is bonded with the grounded conductor at the meter.

Depends on the POCO and the inspector and whether there is a dedicated spot to terminate the GEC wire. Some inspectors will allow it but some may claim that once the GEC is terminated inside the meter enclosure (technically) it is not serviceable.

the grounded conductor is pulled with the hots to the panel (no ground needed).

Correct

the grounded conductor is bonded to the can at the panel and then the ground/neutral bus is bonded to cold water in the house.

Correct.

so you do not have a ground wire pulled between the panel and the meter, is that correct?

Yes

 

[roger]

so pulling the gec from the meter to the main panel in pvc is a good practice or a waste of wire?

A waste of wire.

Roger

 

[laketime]

then at the main panel you bond the grounded conductor to cold water? and all grounds and neutrals land on the same buss?

 

[roger]

then at the main panel you bond the grounded conductor to cold water? and all grounds and neutrals land on the same buss?

That would be fine.

Roger

 

[growler]

this will be in a house and the 200 amp main breaker will be at the panel not at the meter.

One thing, you want to check and make sure that the main breaker can be at the panel and not at the meter. In some areas this is only allowed if the meter and panel are back to back and in other areas they will give you a few feet (5-10ft).