Grounds and Neutrals must be separated?

[Darren Emery]

What section of the IRC requires the grounds and neutrals to be separated, other than at the main bonding jumper in the service equipment? I have found the pertinent section in the NEC, but not in the IRC.

 

[codeworks]

if you can't find it in the text ( and i can't either, i hinge on E3301.1, last sentence in the paragraph. i use the NEC. any electriciain that doesn't know that at subpanels ( after first point of disconnect) grounds and nuetrals get seperated,and apply by that rule probably needs a quick lesson in parallel paths to ground

 

[Darren Emery]

i found these shortly after I posted....

E3908.6 Load-side grounded conductor neutral. A

grounded conductor shall not be connected to normally

noncurrent-carrying metal parts of equipment, to equipment

grounding conductor(s), or be reconnected to ground on the

load side of the service disconnecting means.

E3908.7 Load-side equipment.Agrounded circuit conductor

shall not be used for grounding noncurrent-carrying metal

parts of equipment on the load side of the service disconnecting

means.

 

[mtlogcabin]

I have found the pertinent section in the NEC, but not in the IRC.

The IRC has a cross reference

APPENDIX Q

ICC INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE ELECTRICAL PROVISIONS/NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE CROSS-REFERENCE