[TowerTalk] Bonding entrance panel to utility ground question

[Jim Brown]

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:50:59 -0500, K8RI on Tower talk wrote:

>Here, wells (the pump) may only be grounded back at the panel. 

Hmmm. Is the NEUTRAL somehow being confused with the safety ground, 
or is the motor wired like an isolated ground (that is, insulated 
from ground, but grounded via a dedicated green wire)?  

The NEUTRAL must NOT be grounded at the motor (and must be bonded to 
ground only at the service or at the stepdown transformer that 
creates a new system), but the FRAME of the motor certainly must be 
grounded. I can imagine it being tricky to install a motor in such a 
manner that it is NOT grounded locally. 

Jim K9YC