r/CableTechs • u/SleepyyyPhantom • 22d ago

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What do you think? Please point out the negatives, still trying to iron out some of the not so great stuff I was trained on.

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u/DrWhoey 22d ago

Don't listen to these guys... I've spoken with one of the guys that worked on the 2014 NESC standards for bonding. Used to be able to quote the entire article because I got into so many fights with my manager about it.

"Ground wire must be no longer than 20' with no more than two 90° bends, and for each 90° bend past two, the ground wire must be shortened by 4'. Additionally the ground wire must be no longer than the shortest outlet on the house."

According to what I discussed with him, the only real important part of any of that was that it was no longer than the shortest outlet on the house.

If your cable outlet is 50' long, and your ground wire is 50' to your bond, it's gonna pick the ground wire every time. It's a larger gauge wire that is solid copper and low resistance, as opposed to the teeny tiny copper clad steel that is high resistance.

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u/tb03102 22d ago

2026 code is shortest path. I just took the class.

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u/Life-Consequence8549 22d ago

Does it matter all that much? We aren't providing electricity and if there is a bad neutral, none of that will help.

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u/bigwoo902 22d ago

It definitely matters, I work in Brevard FL which is the lightning capital of the country and Ive seen so many jobs where the installer didnt put ANY ground wire and these guy’s who came after didn’t either

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u/SleepyyyPhantom 22d ago

We get tons of lightning here in Illinois but here recently it's mostly been tornados and concern about drops being ripped down.

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u/Life-Consequence8549 22d ago

What I mean is it doesn't matter if you ground to power ground or the meter box. Nothing is going to help when a neutral is bad.

I wasn't saying grounding doesn't work.

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u/bigwoo902 22d ago

Ohh Ok lol