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bonding: Boring details, part II - 06/24/07 04:43 PM
 
Yesterday I wrote about bonding of electric panels, main panels and distribution or sub-panels. That post showed a sub-panel that had the neutrals and the grounds connected, which was incorrectly done. Below, is a photo of a correctly wired sub-panel. The neutral buss (left) and the ground buss (right) are not bonded to one another and the wiring is neatly done. If you are joining this blog in progress, and wondering what this boring stuff is all about, the article that introduced the topic is here: Bellingham home inspector on bonding.
 
 
Thanks for snoozing,
Steven L. Smith
Bellingham WA Home Inspectorwww.kingofthehouse.com
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bonding: Bellingham Home Inspector (King of the House): Boring details - 06/23/07 06:09 PM
 I have to be careful here that I do not make this too boring, as it is more detail oriented than what I would normally write about at a non-technical forum. If you are a realtor, have you ever had an inspection report where the inspector made some comment about the "bonding"? While similar to grounding, bonding is not identical. A bond, in essence, takes two metal surfaces to the same electrical potential vs establishing an earth ground. The earth ground is the electrode out by the meter. The bond is that wire and clamp at the water pipes and/or the gas … (1 comments)

 
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