Code Video Series - Types of Equipment Grounding Conductors [250.118]

2023 Code Video - 250.118

Keeping up with the requirements of the Code should be the goal of everyone involved in electrical safety. The following is what I feel is an important rule in the 2023 NEC^®, complete with graphics and a video. I encourage you to use it as a training resource for your organization, and share it with your colleagues.

Types of Equipment Grounding Conductors [250.118]

This content is extracted from Mike Holt's 2023 Understanding NEC Requirements for Bonding and Grounding Video Program.

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Do you know the purpose of an equipment grounding conductor? The intent of the equipment grounding conductor (EGC) is to provide an effective ground-fault current path back to the source of the electrical circuit to trip the overcurrent protective device and clear a fault fast.

This might surprise you, but there are fourteen permitted types of equipment grounding conductors listed in the NEC. Want to know what they are — and why they matter?

Learn all you need to know about the purpose of equipment grounding conductors and the different types of EGCs permitted by the Code by reading the attached text and watching the video where Mike and the team help you to interpret the rules in section 250.118(A).

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