Bare Copper Ground Wire

The service panel ground wire must be firmly attached to the ground rod either with a special toothed clamp or by welding.

Bare copper ground wire. Bare copper residential grounding wire for electrical systems before entering home. View the southwire company solid soft drawn bare copper grounding wire assortment 191 61 15 ft 191 61 15 ft free delivery. B 1 b 2 b 3 b 787 and b 8. Recent building codes often call for two or more ground rods for added security.

Ordering strong brand names. Bare copper is sometimes just called grounding wire. 6 1 stranded bare copper grounding. It is installed in parallel to hot and neutral wires in the circuit providing a direct path for electrical current to follow to the ground in the event of a wiring problem helping prevent electric shock.

Bare copper grounding wire can the 500 ft. Bare copper grounding wire is a stranded wire without insulation or a jacket that is used to connect a circuit to a grounding rod in the earth. Southwire s bare copper wire and cable meets or exceeds the following astm specifications. Copper neutral supported multiplex overhead service drop.

Its top may be visible or it may be sunk a few inches beneath the ground. Solid and stranded classes aa and a bare copper are suitable for overhead transmission and distribution applications. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Bare copper grounding wire can be used indoors and outdoors.

Bare copper conductor view pdf. This type of copper wire is not covered in any type of protective coating making it completely unprotected hence the name. The 8 gauge grounding wire is soft tempered for flexibility. This type of copper is generally used in residential homes and probably has the best conductive properties without being protected by insulation.

25 ft 4 gauge solid soft drawn copper bare wire by the roll item 70039 model 10644325. More product details close. A copper ground rod is driven at least 8 feet into the ground. Csa teck 90 non shielded cables.