- Location
- New Jersey
- Occupation
- Journeyman Electrician
Today I was on a roof removing some old satellite dishes and an old TV antenna which is being replaced. I noticed that the old antenna and none of the three dishes were grounded (do any of these dish companies follow the NEC). With the dishes gone and only a new antenna in place the proposed fix for the problem is for the TV antenna mast to have a #10 grounding conductor run as short as possible and straight down to an 8' ground rod. From that rod there a #6 bonding jumper will run to the single rod current installed for the service. There is no existing intersystem bonding termination so that requirement is not a factor. Also connected to the new rod will be an antenna discharge unit with a separate #10 to the rod. Anyone see any code issues?
