Ground question

[Guest]

For those that have ground rods - what type/guage wire do you have running to it? I have the rod in but haven't gotten around to hooking it up. Is just a bare #8 or so wire good enough?

[Guest]

Re: Ground question

My ground rod is 8 foot long and 5/8 thick, I used #4 solid copper wire.

[Guest]

Re: Ground question

When I installed the new service to my garage the City code was for two 5/8" ground rods.

[Smashing]

Re: Ground question

Cool, looks like 4guage it is. Thanks!

[wiseguyz]

Re: Ground question

#8 would be fine. The ground lead on most non-commercial controllers looks like #10 or smaller. I have #4 on my ground rod but only because I had some laying around.

[rbroker]

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I'm grounded on the inside of the electrical box which I was told has a 10' 1/2" rod going into the ground..

Everything works fine.

[Smashing]

Re: Ground question

I think the grounding in my shop is pretty good already. I can do 3 cold coats with my HF gun with little problem. This would be good insurance.

[ATL Powder]

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The best ground is copper water pipe coming into the building from the street or rebar encased in concrete (20' or more). A #8 ground wire is sufficient . If your ground rod goes into soft ground easily (by hand) or with little force it prob. wont be very effective.

[Smashing]

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Picked up the #4 today. I put the rod in a while back but never got around to hooking it up. 8' 5/8" copper. I still can't belive I got it all the way in w/o hitting a rock. I didn't go in easy. Easy doesn't happen to me.

[Guest]

Re: Ground question

I have a 8' x5/8" rod also and #4 gauge wire that attaches to my spraying cable.

Harley