hurk27
Senior Member
- Location
- Portage, Indiana NEC: 2008
OK I just know how we love to debate things, so here's one, I have thought about a few times but never could remember to post about it.
a few houses we do over on the beach the POCO requires us to provide a 2 1/2" RMC conduit to the property line for them to pull there feed to the meter in, many times it can be quit a run 70 to 120' or more, and we usually put it down about 3'
I got to thinking, since this would qualify as a GE, as per 250.52(A)(5), 250.50 would require us to use it as one of the required electrodes, and 250.62(E) requires it to be made continuous, and that both ends would theoretically be required to be bonded.
now for the most part we leave the other end exposed and put a locknut and bushing on it, how would one go about making it continuous? we do bond it at the meter, but I have never thought about it being used as an electrode.
POCO does not want any conductors in it that might hamper their pull.
Talk about a Pandora's box
heres another: a RMC run to an out building, which could qualify as a GE at both ends? if this is true then if we run a bare copper conductor in the ground as an EGC it would also serve as an GE?
Ok bed time, let ya's ponder it till tomorrow.
a few houses we do over on the beach the POCO requires us to provide a 2 1/2" RMC conduit to the property line for them to pull there feed to the meter in, many times it can be quit a run 70 to 120' or more, and we usually put it down about 3'
I got to thinking, since this would qualify as a GE, as per 250.52(A)(5), 250.50 would require us to use it as one of the required electrodes, and 250.62(E) requires it to be made continuous, and that both ends would theoretically be required to be bonded.
now for the most part we leave the other end exposed and put a locknut and bushing on it, how would one go about making it continuous? we do bond it at the meter, but I have never thought about it being used as an electrode.
POCO does not want any conductors in it that might hamper their pull.
Talk about a Pandora's box
heres another: a RMC run to an out building, which could qualify as a GE at both ends? if this is true then if we run a bare copper conductor in the ground as an EGC it would also serve as an GE?
Ok bed time, let ya's ponder it till tomorrow.