Grounding wire has been cut, need to fix it.

[Aleforge]

I know this was talked about years ago but I wanted to bring it up again and the only thing that was mentioned was article 680 of the NEC. I read through it, looked at some diagrams and understand what it does. My particular issue is that my wire has been severed during concrete removal (seems common). But it continues on under the rest of the patio. I assume there is no way to replace the entire line. I noticed that the wire branches off via a metal clamp hooking two sections together. So I was curious if I could add a section of (proper) wire between my broken areas and clamp them together the same way? The annoying part was a portion of the wire was in the middle of the concrete, otherwise it would've been OK.

Thanks

 

[PoolGate]

Yes you can reconnect with the proper BONDING clamps.

 

[borjis]

yep a copper split bolt at the hardware store is what you are looking for.

They usually come in a 2-pack.

Be sure to clean the bond wire to a shiny copper before attaching.

 

[Aleforge]

OK thanks guys! That's a relief that they can be hooked back together. =)

 

[tstex]

Al,

The reason they come 2 per pack is if you need to add a piece of copper to splice the line, so you have one for connecting the spliced piece to both ends. If you do need to do this, make sure that all ends are a shiny copper. And very important, make sure spliced piece is the same gauge as the line you are fixing, and that no stress will be placed on the sliced area. Good luck

 

[PoolGate]

Should be 8 gauge wire btw.

 

[borjis]

I had difficulty locating 8 gauge bare copper wire when I bonded my ladder, but did end up finding it by the foot at Lowe's.

 

[Aleforge]

Thanks for the help everyone!