Strathead
Senior Member
- Location
- Ocala, Florida, USA
- Occupation
- Electrician/Estimator/Project Manager/Superintendent
It could be a "boiler plate" note... Ok how often is a separate ground wire run for all branch circuits? I am guessing a lot less than when using conduit instead of a separate ground. That's enough reason for me to RFI it. I have seen many times where the engineer puts a note on the drawing but then comes with an RFI response that modifys the requirement or note. I not bidding.. I just saw the note on a drawing and the first things I said to myself was " is that an unusual requirement for a project"
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Is your assumption that this means one ground per conduit, or one ground per circuit. I assume one ground per conduit and given that, I can't remeber the last time I did a job that I didn't install a ground wire in every conduit. Code only allows you to do that if all connnections are made up tight. If I were an inspector and a commmercial job were done with no ground in the conduit, I would require them to verify the tightness of every connector and coupling. I would fail them after I found the first one. Call me when they are all tight. Ditto the next inspection. Get the idea? Put a ground in your conduit. The only place I would be marginally OK would be threaded rgid or IMC.