On Aug 1, 2:03*pm, Wayne Whitney wrote:
On 2008-08-01, wrote:

It has a convenient screw spot in the neutral bar for bonding, so I
will ask the inspector when he comes if I need to bond the neutral.
I also bought the extra ground bar.

You do not bond the neutral, since you are providing an equipment
grounding conductor in your feeder. *The neutral and EGC should be
kept separate like a regular subpanel.

Noted.

So on the ground rod-- he said I probably didn't need a ground rod,
that it is debatable,

A ground rod is required, there's no debate. *:-) See gfretwell's post
for the NEC citation.

Ok. But I was doing one, anyway, so you'll get no debate from me
on it! I would rather be over-prepared for whatever the inspector
wants,
so if that means ground rod, then a ground rod it will get.


...In that case a better GFCI should be found that is more resilient
to electrical noise.

Noted.

Seems like if your air conditioner and fridge come on at the same
time, and you are running your table saw, you may exceed 30 amps and
trip your 120V feeder breaker. *You should check the nameplate ratings
for those items and add them up.

Will do. If it turns out I am right at the edge of the system's
capacity
then I can do without some things like the A/C or the fridge and
still
be perfectly happy with what I have.

Thanks!

John