rickyb01
Silver Member
I live in a rural area so their is no code inspector. I had a metal building built out of red iron. They put metal pads in wet concrete to weld the beams to. When concrete was poured nobody thought about grounding to rebar in concrete. The electric company made me run a separate meter to metal building. I put a ground rod at meter then ran three wires from meter to panel in metal building. I’m going put another ground rod for panel in metal building and ground panel to it. I used wood to attach to purlins and attached the panel to the wood. My question is how should I ground the actual building.
Should I run a copper wire from the metal beam that is welded to metal plate in concrete to my ground bar in panel? Or should I run copper wire from metal beam to a separate ground rod outside building. Or should I do both and if I can do both should I connect the two ground rods together?
No I’m not an electrician so giving me codes to follow want work. Just a guy trying to figure out the proper way to work with what I got. Yes I know I can hire an electrician but really don’t want to because I can wire up the shop correctly. Just have no experience with all metal building. Thanks
Should I run a copper wire from the metal beam that is welded to metal plate in concrete to my ground bar in panel? Or should I run copper wire from metal beam to a separate ground rod outside building. Or should I do both and if I can do both should I connect the two ground rods together?
No I’m not an electrician so giving me codes to follow want work. Just a guy trying to figure out the proper way to work with what I got. Yes I know I can hire an electrician but really don’t want to because I can wire up the shop correctly. Just have no experience with all metal building. Thanks