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Grounding vs Bonding: 250.62 Grounding Electrode Conductor—Material

January 20, 2006

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PART III. GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM AND GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR

Page 10 of 14

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250.62 Grounding Electrode Conductor—Material.

The grounding electrode conductor, or its jumpers, can be solid or stranded, insulated or bare, and it must be copper, except aluminum is permitted if it is not subjected to corrosive conditions and not within 18 in. of the earth [250.64(A)]. Figure 250–111

Author’s Comment: The NEC doesn’t require the identification of the grounding electrode conductor or grounding electrode bonding jumpers. Common practice is to either not identify the conductor at all, or to apply green marking tape.

Figure 250–111
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YOUR EXAMPLE PHOTO SHOWS TWO GROUND CLAMPS ON ONE ROD. THIS IMPLIES TO ME THAT THE GROUNDING ELECTRODE CONDUCTOR IS SPLICED AT THIS ROD. ISN'T AGAINST THE SPLICING RULE, OR IS THE ELECTRODE CONSIDERED AN APPROVED SPLICING AREA? WHEN SOME ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS STARTED REQUIRING THE SECOND ROD, AND I HAD ONLY DRIVEN ONE AS MOST INSPECTORS WERE REQUIRING AT THE TIME, I ALWAYS REPLACED THE WIRE WITH A NEW UNBROKEN WIRE FROM THE PANEL TO THE FIRST ROD CLAMP AND THEN TO THE SECOND ROD. WAS I WASTING TIME?

PAUL REDDEN
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Reply from: Mike Holt
The NEC requires the Grounding Electrode Conductor to terminate to any convient electrode, not to all electrodes. See 250.64(E).
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