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On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 22:36:50 -0400, "RBM" wrote:

It's probably not a good idea to even consider a three wire feeder.
They're
outlawed in the new code, and they restrict you from connecting anything
conductive between the two buildings


That is not exactly true in the 2005 and earlier codes. It says "...
no continuous metallic paths BONDED TO THE GROUNDING SYSTEM".
It would apply to a metallic water piping system, required to be
bonded but not to a phone line, LAN or any number of other
connections.


My phone lines and catv lines are bonded to the grounding system. Why
wouldn't they be?