On Oct 13, 2005, at 10:41 AM, monty taylor wrote:
> This brings up a question I have. I am using my pre-wired dryer
> outlet,
> 30 amp breaker, #10 wire; red, black and white. It has only three
> conductors and no ground wire, just; hot, hot, and neutral. The house
> is 10 years old and code approved. For the amp, an AL1500, I wired per
> the instruction manual for 220 Volts, hot, hot and neutral to the
> ground/chassis connection. Now, I want to RF/AC ground the chassis to
> a
> different 8ft copper clad ground rod. I read that you should never
> connect neutral and ground together at any place other than the entry
> panel as a difference in voltage potential could exist.
Could is not very likely since if there an anomaly and there is enough
unbalance current to cause much v-drop in the neutral wire, the 240v
breakers trip and the voltage goes to zero. Whoever wrote the new NEC
needs to take a course in circuit analysis.
> The #10 run to
> the dryer outlet is about 30 feet. My question: Should I ground the
> amp
> to the new rod outside my shack or not? I have been using the shack
> with out any ground rods so far; only at the far end of all my coax
> runs
> through lightning surge protectors.
>
> A little wordy, but I hope I get some answers.
>
> Best regards,
> Monty/WB5GLB since 1969
>
>
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734. www.somis.org
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