David, As a correction, all conduits are to have a green grounding conductor included per NEC. This was changed many years back in thee NEC because it was found that conduit may not always have a good ground all the way back to panel due to loose screws corrosion etc.
73 de Bill N4ZI K3's #1059 & #2914 --- On Tue, 9/1/09, David Christ <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Christ <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I need some grounding-strap guidance, if'n you please > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 5:38 PM > One final note on connecting > grounds. According to NEC the > grounding/protective ground (green) wire and the > grounded/neutral > (white) wire are to be connected only at the main entrance > panel. > > In many cases where there is metal conduit, the conduit is > used for > the grounding (green) system. To reduce noise sometimes a > grounding > wire for each outlet is run all the way back to the point > where the > grounding and grounded systems are bonded together. > As I recall, > generally these outlets are orange. > > You can see this in action where there is more than one > fuse box in > the house. There is a green screw that connects the > terminal block > for white wires to the box (which is grounded). This > screw is not > used in any of the sub boxes. > > David K0LUM > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
