Good morning Mr. Coach! How are you doing today? I greet you from Memphis,Tennessee! Thank you,for all teaching videos that you make for all of us,followers of you!
I has my AOS degree and I've learned more from your videos than my time at university. Thanks for giving us the information we need in a way that's easy to remember.
Question..... I'm running a 70 amp service from my house to a garage for basic lights and outlets. I have abt 20 outlets total..... I planned on running all this into a 100 amp panel and thing having 3 circuits in the panel 1- 15 amp for lights and 2- 20 amps for 2 series of outlets. Do I need a ground rod? Part 1 seemed to say yes, part 2 because to the panel seems to say no????? Thx!
Do you have a link to part 2 of the video? I replaced an old Federal Pacific panel in a detached garage fed by a 30a 10/3 2 pole feeder. Inspector said no rod required which really surprised me. I'd think that we always ran ground rods as a redundant safety and for lightning.
@@ElectricalCodeCoach It's a 120 circuit coming in the garage in a pvc conduit. 2020 nec. I'm thinking to install a heavy duty single pole switch which will act as the disconnect for the enture garage.
If a detached garage is fed by a 120v circuit with hot, neutral, and no ground, can a ground rod be added to provide a ground for the garage outlets? Getting a ground back to the panel in the house would require digging up the yard.
Your videos are great. I have a question about a hot tub install. Running a 50 amp breaker from my main house panel to the exterior of my shed with #6 wire. The subpanel/disconnect will be a 30 and 20 amp breaker that only goes to the hot tub. Do I need grounding rods at the shed subpanel/disconnect?
Great question, definitely work with your inspector and pull an electrical permit, but an individual hot tub disconnect is not considered a sub panel for the purpose of establishing and grounding electrode system according to the NEC
We're wanting to put an RV "pedestal" with a NEMA 14-50 in about 100 feet away from the main panel, and I keep trying to read into whether adding another one (or two, 8+ feet apart) ground rods way out there and bonding them in with the main is acceptable and helpful, or whether it could be problematic due to the distance, and the whole "25Ω" (in 250, it looks like) rule. In my head, having more ground rods should be more helpful and safer, but I get that having too much resistance through earth could cause buildup or problems To clarify, we're hoping to exceed code and be extra safe, so trying to be sure that we're not breaching code; not looking for just the code-minimum requirements
Nice meeting you, appreciate the grind! I would definitely contact the qualified license electrician in your area and work with your electrical inspector! Cheapest one time insurance you'll ever buy!!
I just did this. ran a single circuit, 12-2 uf direct bury cable about 80 feet to my detached metal garage. I installed a gfci on the outside then ran it up and through the wall using liquid tight fittings and conduit. All boxes are metal and grounded, then ground goes to the outlets of cours. the only gfci is on the outside and the rest of the outlets are daisy chained off it. Last night we had a nice electrical storm and it tripped my gfci outlet. Is this normal? Would adding a grounding rod prevent this? Before running power i had an extension cord run to the garage from an outdoor gfci outlet and lightning struck it and killed all 4 of my battery tenders in the garage, sucked! No battery tenders died this time.
Personally I see your issue as there being two GFCIs. While it's not spelled out in the code (that I can find) my experience tells me they don't play well together. Remove one and I'd be 99% sure it will solve your problem.
Always...clear and concise.
Good video
Part 1 is great information.
I really like your videos I am an electrical contractor in the state of Florida, thanks for all the information
Good morning Mr. Coach!
How are you doing today?
I greet you from Memphis,Tennessee!
Thank you,for all teaching videos that you make for all of us,followers of you!
Thank you for your support!! Let's go!!!!
I has my AOS degree and I've learned more from your videos than my time at university. Thanks for giving us the information we need in a way that's easy to remember.
Heck yeah brother that was a super easy way to explain it 👍🏾
Let's go!
Question..... I'm running a 70 amp service from my house to a garage for basic lights and outlets. I have abt 20 outlets total..... I planned on running all this into a 100 amp panel and thing having 3 circuits in the panel 1- 15 amp for lights and 2- 20 amps for 2 series of outlets. Do I need a ground rod? Part 1 seemed to say yes, part 2 because to the panel seems to say no????? Thx!
Have you done a video on wiring power inlet boxes for portable generators and grounding requirements?
Not yet!
Do you have a link to part 2 of the video? I replaced an old Federal Pacific panel in a detached garage fed by a 30a 10/3 2 pole feeder. Inspector said no rod required which really surprised me. I'd think that we always ran ground rods as a redundant safety and for lightning.
Part two is going to be tomorrow
Would a disconnect at the detached garage be needed in this situation or a single/double pole breaker in the main panel will be enough?
Depending on where it's located in the structure and what code cycle you're on
@@ElectricalCodeCoach It's a 120 circuit coming in the garage in a pvc conduit. 2020 nec. I'm thinking to install a heavy duty single pole switch which will act as the disconnect for the enture garage.
If a detached garage is fed by a 120v circuit with hot, neutral, and no ground, can a ground rod be added to provide a ground for the garage outlets? Getting a ground back to the panel in the house would require digging up the yard.
Your videos are great. I have a question about a hot tub install. Running a 50 amp breaker from my main house panel to the exterior of my shed with #6 wire. The subpanel/disconnect will be a 30 and 20 amp breaker that only goes to the hot tub. Do I need grounding rods at the shed subpanel/disconnect?
Great question, definitely work with your inspector and pull an electrical permit, but an individual hot tub disconnect is not considered a sub panel for the purpose of establishing and grounding electrode system according to the NEC
@@ElectricalCodeCoach Thank you so much for the quick response. I really appreciate it.
We're wanting to put an RV "pedestal" with a NEMA 14-50 in about 100 feet away from the main panel, and I keep trying to read into whether adding another one (or two, 8+ feet apart) ground rods way out there and bonding them in with the main is acceptable and helpful, or whether it could be problematic due to the distance, and the whole "25Ω" (in 250, it looks like) rule.
In my head, having more ground rods should be more helpful and safer, but I get that having too much resistance through earth could cause buildup or problems
To clarify, we're hoping to exceed code and be extra safe, so trying to be sure that we're not breaching code; not looking for just the code-minimum requirements
Nice meeting you, appreciate the grind! I would definitely contact the qualified license electrician in your area and work with your electrical inspector! Cheapest one time insurance you'll ever buy!!
I just did this. ran a single circuit, 12-2 uf direct bury cable about 80 feet to my detached metal garage. I installed a gfci on the outside then ran it up and through the wall using liquid tight fittings and conduit. All boxes are metal and grounded, then ground goes to the outlets of cours. the only gfci is on the outside and the rest of the outlets are daisy chained off it. Last night we had a nice electrical storm and it tripped my gfci outlet. Is this normal? Would adding a grounding rod prevent this? Before running power i had an extension cord run to the garage from an outdoor gfci outlet and lightning struck it and killed all 4 of my battery tenders in the garage, sucked! No battery tenders died this time.
Personally I see your issue as there being two GFCIs. While it's not spelled out in the code (that I can find) my experience tells me they don't play well together. Remove one and I'd be 99% sure it will solve your problem.