Is it never allowed (US National Electrical Code) to bond the ground bus bar
to the neutral bus bar?
I opened a subpanel and found that both the ground bus bar and cabinet were
bonded to the neutral bus bar.
Is this allowed under any circumstance?
This is a "Y" 208/120 configuration utilizing 5 conductors in an industrial
building.
Thanks.
Is it never allowed (US National Electrical Code) to bond the ground bus bar
to the neutral bus bar?
I opened a subpanel and found that both the ground bus bar and cabinet were
bonded to the neutral bus bar.
Is this allowed under any circumstance?
This is a "Y" 208/120 configuration utilizing 5 conductors in an industrial
building.
Thanks.
Single building, not large (2000 sq ft?) one service entrance, one main
panel, 3 or 4 subpanels.
It looks like this bond needs to be broken...
Thanks,
Mike (OP)
When you say 'sub-panel', it may be confusing. A step-down transformer
fed from the service entrance, that in turn feeds 208/120 to a panel is
not a sub-panel. In that case the first panel off the transformer is
not a usual 'sub-panel' but a fed from a separately derived source (the
transformer).
You mentioned 208/120 in an 'industrial building', so I think the
building service is not 208/120 directly but may be a higher voltage and
you have a step-down transformer inside the building.
In that case, the ground/neutral *should* be bonded in the first panel
after the transformer.
Now, any other panels fed from the first panel after the step-down
transformer are true 'sub-panels' and thus should not have the ground
and neutral bonded.
So just to be clear here, are you talking about a true 'sub-panel', or
the first panel downstream of a step-down transformer?
daestrom
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