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Re:The 5 foot ground rod and its use in the National Electri... by shantly on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:22AM (#21331344)
> I checked with contractors and the recommendation was "just do it and don't complain or they'll make your project a living nightmare".

> So, we did.

> They still made the project a nightmare to complete. They added a massive chunk to the overall cost and it took six months longer than it should have taken to complete it.

I read it that the excessive grounding requirements were just the beginning of a series of silly and expensive demands, which in aggregate made the project way more expensive.

It's that or it took six extra months to install four grounding rods.

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Re:The 5 foot ground rod and its use in the National Electri... by nullc on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @04:39AM (#21332529)
> It's that or it took six extra months to install four grounding rods.

Given some contractors I've dealt with --- I wouldn't be shocked. (or maybe I would be shocked, ... if they were allowed to do electrical work unsupervised. :) )

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