johnjustjohn
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- New York
My main panel is located about 25' from where the service enters my house. The meter pan has a disconnect built in and four wires run to the panel, L1, L2, N and a bare EGC. N and EGC are not bonded in the panel but are bonded in the meter pan. There is a GEC that runs to a grounding electrode near the meter pan. It is my understanding that the grounding electrode is needed to protect the house circuitry from "large" voltages and provide a stable ground reference.
I was recently told that in addition to this I need to add a GEC outside the conduit in my house to connect it to my water pipe. Does this make sense if I'm using grounding electrodes where the service enters the house? If this is true, does the GEC need to be unbroken wire, from the grounding electrodes, through the meter pan and back into the house to the water pipe?
Thanks,
John
I was recently told that in addition to this I need to add a GEC outside the conduit in my house to connect it to my water pipe. Does this make sense if I'm using grounding electrodes where the service enters the house? If this is true, does the GEC need to be unbroken wire, from the grounding electrodes, through the meter pan and back into the house to the water pipe?
Thanks,
John