Hmmm, not an electrical person either, but quick search online says #6 gauge "highly recommended" for 200' run vice the #10 you mention.
-- Larry Smith [email protected] On Wed April 15 2015 14:41, Paul McCall wrote: > In my continued disposition of acknowledging that I am not a electrical > grounding expert, I lay out this scenario for review, a new tower we just > built. > > We installed a new tower, approximately 200ft. from the service panel that > feeds it. We will be on our own breaker (kinda irrelevant here). > > In the past, we had run 10 gauge wire (x3) out to the tower with 110vac. > Voltage drop is relatively negligible, certainly within the bounds of > working properly to drive our 24v charger for the battery array. > > I was told, by a grounding "expert" that all my equipment electrical > grounds need to homerun to a bus bar that ride the ground back to the > service panel directly, that nothing else is acceptable. > > AND, and this is the big part... that I needed to seriously upgrade the > 200ft. ground wire only that rides back to the panel to something > significantly bigger. How much bigger I am not sure. > > So, I figured I would ask the crowd for an answer :) > > Thanks! > > > > Paul McCall, Pres. > PDMNet / Florida Broadband > 658 Old Dixie Highway > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > 772-564-6800 office > 772-473-0352 cell > www.pdmnet.com<http://www.pdmnet.com/> > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
