[TowerTalk] Ground wire

Jim Lux jimlux at earthlink.net
Mon Sep 17 16:44:35 EDT 2007


Phil Camera wrote:
> Nope, per NEC, #6 or larger.  I use #4 bare solid.  Don't go cheap now; 
> do it right.
> 
> 
NEC doesn't say it has to be a single conductor.  Yes, your local 
inspector might look askance, but if you can make a convincing case that 
the cross sectional area of your 3 AWG8 conductors in parallel is 
greater than a AWG 6 (which it is), then you're good to go.




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