Isolated Ground in Service Equipment

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curious101

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Atlanta, GA, USA
Good morning!
I have a small commercial building 120/208V, 3ph, 4w, 800A service. I have a few panels fed from the main distribution panel. One of the panels has isolated ground. When the isolated ground conductor is brought to the main service disconnect, is it terminated on the service ground bar or is there a separate isolated ground bar in the main service disconnect too and the two ground bars are connected with a bonding jumper?
Thank you!
 

LarryFine

Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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Henrico County, VA
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Electrical Contractor
I'd say either is acceptable. The usual method is to attach it to the neutral bus where the electrodes terminate.
 

don_resqcapt19

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250.146(D) indicates that the isolated grounding conductor terminate at the equipment grounding conductor terminal of the applicable derived system or service. However at the service equipment or the location of the system bonding jumper for a SDS, equipment grounding conductors are permitted to connect to the neutral terminal bar.
 
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