I believe for a gec number 6 does not need to be green but can be black.
Confirming please the the bond to csst piping does not need to be green and can also be black
Thank you
I thought about saying something on that issue in my previous post here.There is a reasonable argument to say that you cannot use colors designated for grounded conductors but any other color will work.
There is a reasonable argument to say that you cannot use colors designated for grounded conductors but any other color will work.
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Do I have an issue.
I was at the supply house when I asked the question. Was going to get black but the reel was too short and didn't want to put the counter guy out. The green was right next to it so I got green.
Forsee any problem with the green installed ?
Thanks
Yes. Thank you.Why even have used THHN/THWN at all when you could have used just bare #6?
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Do I have an issue.
I was at the supply house when I asked the question. Was going to get black but the reel was too short and didn't want to put the counter guy out. The green was right next to it so I got green.
Forsee any problem with the green installed ?
Thanks
If one can't see that a wire tagged to a water pipe, gas pipe, or ground rod is not being used to carry normal current, regardless of insulation colour, then what business does that person have in any circumstance regarding that wire?The way that I see it, is that if it is not built to carry current under ordinary circumstances, and is electrically continuous with the grounding electrode/building steel, then the colors of green, bare, or green w/ yellow stripes is precisely the color that it should be. Any such conductor would be a groundING conductor. And this is the proper identification for a grounding electrode conductor or an equipment grounding conductor. There are applications where you are allowed to combine the EGC & GEC as the same conductor, and therefore green being required for the EGC, would have to be permitted for the same wire that doubles as a GEC.
There indeed is a case you could make that it shouldn't be allowed to be white or gray, given that these are colors reserved for groundED conductors (often the neutral), but that is not the issue at the moment.
I would not be intentionally using black (or any other color not discussed above) for a GEC, unless it were all I had. Although I do not see any NEC restriction against it. And even then, I'd plan on taping it green later.
:thumbsup:If one can't see that a wire tagged to a water pipe, gas pipe, or ground rod is not being used to carry normal current, regardless of insulation colour, then what business does that person have in any circumstance regarding that wire?