On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:21:11 -0800 (PST), Uncle Monster
wrote:

On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 7:09:04 PM UTC-6, wrote:
On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:15:14 -0800 (PST), bob_villain
wrote:

As you say, with your experience you may have used specs for isolated-ground applications. Then, the mounting tabs are insulated and there's only a dedicated ground on the receptacle.

IG is mostly snake oil. IBM dropped the requirement in the Carter
administration.

The electrical inspection department around here still requires it for data processing equipment or any computer, medical or electronic gear. ^_^


You can't be talking about the code inspector so I am guessing someone
in your IT department still has a leisure suit in the closet.
It was determined decades ago that IG did nothing to make computers
work better and compromised surge protection.
You want as much bonded together as you can get with as short a path
as you can get. The IG made the ground too far away to do much in a
serious transient event like a nearby lightning strike.