Sub panel with multiple grounds?


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Old 11-07-16, 06:09 PM
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Sub panel with multiple grounds?

I have a subpanel in my detached garage with a ground coming in from the main panel and a ground coming in from a grounding rod outside of the garage.

Presently, both grounds are wired into a combined neutral/grounding bar. It’s my understanding that a shared busbar is incorrect on a subpanel so I’ve attached a separate ground bar to remedy this.

My question is this;

Should I attach both grounds to the new bus bar? Or do I only need the one coming from the grounding rod? If it is unnecessary, how should I deal with the ground coming in from the main panel?

Thanks in advance for you thoughts.
 
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Old 11-07-16, 06:24 PM
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Do you have three or four wires between the main panel and the sub panel ?

Code now calls for four wires.... two hots, neutral and ground.

Both grounds connect to the new ground bar..... as long as there is a neutral wire on the isolated neutral bar.

There may be a neutral bonding screw in the panel that needs to be removed also.
 
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Old 11-07-16, 08:30 PM
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Thanks for the reply

I've got 4 wires between the main panel and the sub panel - so I should be good there.

Sounds like it should be simple to switch over the two grounds to the new ground bar.

There doesn't appear to be a bonding screw on the neutral bar, but I'll double check that.

Thanks again.
 
 

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