Brother Bear
Well-known member
I'm not sure where this belongs, so here goes.
Our church camp has twelve RV hookups. The electrical system is antiquated and we are getting ready to redo it, making it a state of the art electrical grid. One question that has come up is, "How should the earth or ground be connected to each 50,30,20 amp pedestal?" One is saying we must use quadplex direct bury cable taking the earth back to the main panel. This does not make sense to me. I believe triplex direct bury makes more sense with a ground rod at each pedestal. If it is necessary to use quad rather than simply going to a ground rod at each pedestal, could someone please explain the logic of it? Thanks!
Our church camp has twelve RV hookups. The electrical system is antiquated and we are getting ready to redo it, making it a state of the art electrical grid. One question that has come up is, "How should the earth or ground be connected to each 50,30,20 amp pedestal?" One is saying we must use quadplex direct bury cable taking the earth back to the main panel. This does not make sense to me. I believe triplex direct bury makes more sense with a ground rod at each pedestal. If it is necessary to use quad rather than simply going to a ground rod at each pedestal, could someone please explain the logic of it? Thanks!