Electrical Supply Question

[Ken Massingale]

We very seldom work in Anderson, so I am not so familiar with their requirements. I don't think they require quite as much as in Pickens. I would just be leary about putting in seperate ground rods that aren't connected. We usually get one or two service calls a year where people do that and keep getting "shocked"

Thanks JB. Coincidentally, a couple of Blue Ridge techs (not linemen) were out yesterday to put some monitoring equipment in the meter box to monitor incoming voltage. BR runs 245V+ and they have had some reports of this causing problems.
I asked them about the grounding and neutral/grounds. They said when running from a main house subpanel via a breaker to a breaker panel in the detached building, that there should never be ground rods at both locations due to there possibly being a differential in the grounds, and that the ground and neutral in the panel in the detached building should be tied together.
This gets more and more confusing.

[JimD]

Ken,

Are you getting a permit? If you are, I would ask the inspector - that's what counts in the end (at least in terms of passing inspection).

Jim

[Ken Massingale]

Ken,

Are you getting a permit? If you are, I would ask the inspector - that's what counts in the end (at least in terms of passing inspection).

Jim

Jim,
No, this started as a conversation on whether a friends existing wiring was done correctly/safely or not. now I don't know if mine is anymore.

[Hellrazor]

They said when running from a main house subpanel via a breaker to a breaker panel in the detached building, that there should never be ground rods at both locations due to there possibly being a differential in the grounds, and that the ground and neutral in the panel in the detached building should be tied together.
This gets more and more confusing.

The ground rod always starts an arguement on which is the right way. You NEVER bond the ground and neutral in a subpanel.