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GROUNDING AND BONDING NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE ARTICLE 250 By Jim Biesterveld

GROUNDING AND BONDING NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE ARTICLE 250 By Jim Biesterveld Some of the material is taken from Mike Holt and Soars presentations . NEC 250.1 Scope Systems, circuits, and equipment require, permitted, or not permitted to be grounded

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GROUNDING AND BONDING NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE ARTICLE 250 By Jim Biesterveld

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  1. GROUNDING AND BONDING NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE ARTICLE 250 By Jim Biesterveld Some of the material is taken from Mike Holt and Soars presentations

  2. NEC 250.1 Scope Systems, circuits, and equipment require, permitted, or not permitted to be grounded Circuits conductors to be grounded on grounded systems

  3. (3) Location of grounding connections (4) Type and size of grounding and bonding conductors and electrodes (5) Methods of grounding and bonding

  4. (6) Conditions under which guards, isolation, or insulation maybe substituted for grounding The code has it’s definitions and these need to be understood to properly understand and interpret the code requirements of the NEC and Wisconsin Comm 16

  5. Figure NFPA 250.1

  6. Severity of Electric Shock 2

  7. Series and Parallel Paths

  8. 250.4 General Requirements for Grounding and Bonding • EARTH IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE GROUND-FAULT CURRENT PATH

  9. 250.4 General Requirements for Grounding and Bonding • BONDING CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS • To quickly remove ground-fault voltage by the opening of the circuit protection device, metal parts of the building structure must be connected to the source via the equipment grounding conductor.

  10. 250.24 Service Equipment • Service equipment supplied from a grounded system must have the neutral conductor grounded.

  11. Grounding electrode system – 250.50

  12. Supplemental electrodes COMM 16 2-rods

  13. No switching action in grounded conductor – generator gets connected to system with neutral and grounds separate. Grounded conductor remains as a grounded conductor because it is grounded at service.

  14. Insulated neutral at separate building 250.32(B)

  15. Submersible pump well casing

  16. 547.10 Equipotential Planes and Bonding of Equipotential Planes • An equipotential plane must be installed at indoor and outdoor concrete confinement areas where metallic equipment is located that may become energized and is accessible to livestock.

  17. Bonding & Grounding at Agricultural Buildings • Specific requirements regarding grounding and bonding • Two major concerns: • Integrity of grounding path due to corrosive conditions that exist in these locations • Neutral to earth stray voltages, if excessive, can cause behavior responses and can lead to loss of production and health problems in livestock • Equipment grounding conductor run underground to these locations must be insulated or covered copper • See Article 547 for specific Code sections.

  18. Equipotential bonding requirements

  19. Equipotential bonding planes in animal confinement areas

  20. 547.10 Equipotential Planes and Bonding of Equipotential Planes • The equipotential plane must be connected to the building or structure’s electrical grounding system with a copper conductor not smaller than 8 AWG.

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