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Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground

To: "Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)" <nv8a@att.net>,"towertalk reflector" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 14:43:34 -0500
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
> Maybe I have misunderstood what I have read about the
National Electric
> Code, but your suggestion about having a ground bus
connected to the
> *neutral* sounds like a violation because it could
establish a
> connection between the neutral and the ground (if you
connect to this
> "neutral bus" a device that has a ground connection via
the green wire
> in the power cord) other than at the service entrance
(which typically
> means at or close to the meter).


No, I misspoke.

I should have said safety ground, not neutral. The neutral
should only be grounded at the service panel.

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