GEC CEE for Evaluation

[jar546]

How about some opinions on this method?

I thought this would be a great follow up thread to the other CEE debate.

 

[globe trekker]

All responses are from the 2008 NEC:

(1) Those do not appear to be compliant type connectors,

(2) Did they mix the solid wire conductor with a multi-stranded type?,

(3) Those steel reinforcement bars do not appear to b 1/2" in

diameter - refer to Article 250.52(3),

(4) Is that a #4 sized AWG conductor, Article 250.52(3)

(5) Shouldn't the conductor be bare, Article 250.52(3)?

(6) That soil doesn't look to be very compacted either!

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[rshuey]

It looks more like the shocking bed frame scene from Rambo then it does a CEE.

 

[Bootleg]

What I see in the field is a #4 rebar tied to the footing rebar and up through the stemwall and out the top.

 

[jar546]

This is #4 rebar, and stranded 4awg cu

 

[Bryan Holland]

Looks good to me.

I am a little concerned about the condition of the boot in the first pic.

 

[jar546]

I passed it because it is a compliant installation. That is not my boot, I wear shorts and flip flops.

 

[chris kennedy]

That is not my boot, I wear shorts and flip flops.

LOL

The CEE pictured gets my approval. Got a picture of the GEC coming up under the service Jeff? Did the installer sleeve it? And why waste a DB clamp, one would work?

 

[peach]

We just did one where the concrete contractor apparently "lost" the CEE, because I found an insulated #4 to a ground rod and not the bare #4 that was attached to the footing steel... they are looking for it (and need to land it) before they get power.