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Bob how could you reply and so strongly too ,.. when you don't even know what this mysterious ground looping thingy is
and here I thought I was the only one wondering about the looping thingy.
Pole mounted services
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and here I thought I was the only one wondering about the looping thingy.
Pierre C Belarge
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I am aware of the two rods, <25ohms res., that's not enforced here,...yet. It's the second land/loop statement that lost me. Time to get the ice axe out I guess
You are in NY, the 2nd rod should be enforced, and if the inspector(s) are not enforcing it, you are still in violation.
What Joe Villani posted before was the name of a POCO in NY. What is the POCO you deal with? It may be in their specs..check our their book.
76nemo
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National Grid. They are not enforcing two rods yet. I would begin to think that may be because we sit right on the river bank and soil resitivity is of no question. Okay, so in violation of only one rod, which I have never been cited for here, I have never heard of the request for the grounding "loop" for pole mounted services. I couldn't find it in the '05 book, and now I see why. What the inspector wants, is what he is going to get. I just wanted to know where this "loop" stemmed from.
Thanks Pierre, I was hoping you would chime in on this.
Thanks to everyone else who responded:wink:
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76nemo
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- Ogdensburg, NY
Sounds like it is being enfoced and you missed the memo.
See, that's just it Bob, it's not being enforced here yet. I have done services under this new inspector, never calling for a second rod. He stated the rule was for pole mounted services. Like I said, he's getting want he wants, and now I learned the hard way.
When he told me the service would not fly, I was dumbfounded. I don't want to argue with him in the first place. I just need to get ahold of the local amendments so I can quote properly if I continue to do construction. I need to, times are tight. He's a super nice guy it seems, and I don't want to buck him.
See, that's just it Bob, it's not being enforced here yet. I have done services under this new inspector, never calling for a second rod. He stated the rule was for pole mounted services. Like I said, he's getting want he wants, and now I learned the hard way.
When he told me the service would not fly, I was dumbfounded. I don't want to argue with him in the first place. I just need to get ahold of the local amendments so I can quote properly if I continue to do construction. I need to, times are tight. He's a super nice guy it seems, and I don't want to buck him.
Politely ask him for the code.....
Pierre C Belarge
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If you have local amendments, that is important. I am still betting this is a POCO issue, and not a code issue.
76nemo
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- Ogdensburg, NY
Thanks Pierre, still waiting to hear back from him, and this issue. I don't like doing construction when it comes to these arguements. I hear alot of people here say,.... "Call his/her bluff". I don't work that way. I just call him and say the work is done. He comes and gives me my sticker and that's it. I did email him on this issue so I will know for sure in the future.
Fighting over NEC with local is not always an easy thing. I give him/them what they want and move on. It is not my place to argue with him. I do my job, he inspects it, and has the Grid reconnect. No questions, no harm, no foul. This is the first time he turned me down, and it won't happen again on this matter.
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