When I wired an addition to our house some 40 or so years ago,
one of my circuits from the service box started in Romex,
converted to steel conduit, and then back to Romex. Since the
grounding connections were properly bonded to each other, the
building inspector in Los Gatos, CA approved it.
onday, July 11, 2016 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] quick question about antennas
On Mon,7/11/2016 2:07 PM, Matt Murphy wrote:
> I am guessing that installing a grounded 240V receptacle and using the
> conduit as ground is *not* up to code.
It depends on the building code used by
Jim --
Ahh, I think that would work. If the conduit works as ground (which I
think it does here) I could use the kind pictured in the link below, and
wire up a the power cable using the two hots and ground as you recommend:
http://waterheatertimer.org/images/240-Volt-outlet4-253.jpg
73,
Matt
On Mon,7/11/2016 2:07 PM, Matt Murphy wrote:
I am guessing that installing a grounded 240V receptacle and using the
conduit as ground is *not* up to code.
It depends on the building code used by local jurisdiction. In many
jurisdictions, it IS legal to use conduit as the green wire IF it is
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