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Re: [TowerTalk] CQ article error(?)

To: "Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)" <nv8a@att.net>,"towertalk reflector" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] CQ article error(?)
From: "K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 16:11:04 -0400
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And here I had to tie the green grounding/bonding wire to every panel, sub 
panel, transfer switch enclosure, water pipe, and gas pipe.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com

> BUT note that this '"Bonding connection" between the green wire blocks
> and the neutral blocks' is removable and *must be* removed if the panel
> is used as a subpanel -- again, so that the only connection between
> neutral and ground is at the service entrance (which may not be where
> the panel is: e.g., our main breakers -- and one breaker for the garage
> circuits -- are in the garage, back to back with the meter, while the
> panel with all the other breakers -- technically a subpanel -- is in the
> basement).
>
> Alan NV8A
>
>
> On 10/07/05 03:03 pm Bill Aycock tossed the following ingredients into
> the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
>
>> No- no added wire. The "metallic conductor" I refer to IS the neutral
>> wire, but there is an added bond from that to the earth ground rod
>> within the panel.
>> Significantly, ALL panels I have ever seen have this "Bonding
>> connection" between the green wire blocks and the neutral blocks.
>> Neither the green or the neutral is switched.
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See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather 
Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions 
and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.

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