[Shop-talk] Running power to the shop

[Jeff Scarbrough]

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Ian McFetridge
<shop-talk2 at mcfetridge.org> wrote:
> The electrician did mention ground rods at the sub-panel.  I forgot to add
> that, my bad.

You might want to check the code on that.  Two different grounds can
cause an induced current in the grounding conductor.  That means the
bare wire can be live.  Not very live, but ISTR that it's not
permitted.

I could be wrong, though.  Heaven knows it's happened before.  But I'd
check on it.

Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.