thinker
Electrical
- Aug 2, 2001
- 247
It is, probably, quite simple question, yet causing a lot of confusion. We have a motor terminal box with removable and gasketed top, bottom and side panels. These panels must be bonded to the main ground bar of the motor (located inside the box). Motor will be fed by 4 wires size AWG # 4/0 per phase in parallel, the equivalent size of the equipment grounding conductor (sum of cross-sectional areas of separate grounding conductors) is AWG # 2/0. This is in compliance with NEC table 250-66.
The question is: what should be the size of bonding conductors for the above removable panels? Could we use smaller than 2/0 conductors to equilize panel potentials with the ground potential for safety?
The question is: what should be the size of bonding conductors for the above removable panels? Could we use smaller than 2/0 conductors to equilize panel potentials with the ground potential for safety?