Stranded Wire for Grounding
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| Mar 4th 2015, 16:05 | |
KG8GCTotal Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Can I use stranded wire as a ground wire for connecting pieces of equipment? I will be using solid wire from the equipment to a ground stake outside. |
| Mar 4th 2015, 18:29 | |
W1VTSuper Moderator Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
http://www.electriciantalk.com/f2/ground-wire-bare-solid-thhn-stranded-43401/ Here is a discussion with a citation of the relevant NEC code. |
| Mar 4th 2015, 18:31 | |
WA0CBWTotal Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Each piece of equipment should connected to a ground bus. Either solid or stranded jacketed wire is acceptable. The ground bus is connected to the ground rod. Stranded or solid is acceptable. I wouldn't use anything smaller than #12. #6 is commonly used but the bus to the ground rod should be #6 or larger. Some installations use flat strips of copper to reduce the inductance of wire. Connections to the ground rod should be made using an exothermic method if the connections are buried. Standard mechanical connections can be used if above ground. Sections 800, 810, and 820 of the National Electrical code and Motorola's R-56 manual can provide you with additional information. QST had several recent articles on equipment grounding methods. Bill |
| Mar 5th 2015, 04:02 | |
KG8GCTotal Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Thanks for the replies. Just the infomation I needed. |
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