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Thursday, October 5, 2023
Question:
Hi Charlie, I wanted to provide a comment on your answer regarding the bonding of conduits. It should be noted that the installation of a wire equipment grounding conductor does not relieve the requirement that the metallic raceway must be bonded. This bonding is maintained by expansion joints where required. It seems that sometimes the maintaining of the integrity of the conduit bonding is forgotten when a wire equipment grounding conductor is installed. In the event of a fault to the conduit, it is the bonding of the conduit that will clear the fault, not the wire equipment grounding conductor. Thanks Donald Haskins
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Answer:
Hi Donald, thanks for keeping us honest. Your comment is spot on. The answer provided indicated that the equipment grounding conductor would be sufficient, however, it should be clarified that the equipment grounding conductor must be bonded to the conduit/raceway on both sides of the expansion fitting in order to serve the bonding purpose required by Section 250.98. It is also important to mention that there will need to be adequate wire length “slack” in the equipment grounding conductor as to allow expansion without compromising the termination method.