You ask....Now should I ground the disconnect with a ground rod and not through the main service panel?
Out at the remote shop sub panel (or a disconenct etc. out there), the equipment ground gets bonded to a grounding electrode such as a driven rod or rods as required.
The panel at home the main panel while any panel at the shop is a sub panel. If theres a sub panel in the shop, it must have a seperate and isolated Equipment Ground Buss and a seperate and isolated Neutral Buss (unlike at the main panel where those two busses are bonded). At that sub panel you run a "grounding electrode conductor" (like No 4 bare copper) out to a made "grounding electrode" such as a driven rod or rods as required.
BUTTTTTTTTT when you run power out to the shop, in days past you could just run 3 wires, 2 hots and a Neutral HOWEVER the latest NEC requires 4 to be ran out, 2 hots, 1 Neutral, 1 Equipment ground and then the Neutral and Ground Busses are kept seperate and isolated out there.
NOTE it will still work as they did for yearssssssssssss if you just run 3 wires out (2 hots and Neutral) Im just tellin you what the latest NEC says to do, I can explain why but not in a few sentences
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - A Lifetime of Farm Machinery - by Joe Michaels. I am a mechanical engineer by profession, specializing in powerplant work. I worked as a machinist and engine erector, with time spent overseas. I have always had a love for machinery, and an appreciation for farming and farm machinery. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Not a place one would associate with farms or farm machinery. I credit my parents for instilling a lot of good values, a respect for learning, a knowledge of various skills and a little knowledge of farming in me, amo
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
