[Heathkit] Re: Gadzooks, when is a ground a ground - making progress

[John Hensley]

Am I correct in this picture?

If I run the heavy 60 amp 2-wire & shield to a small 4 circuit breaker box with 4 110V 20A breakers, I attach the two hots to either side and the shield to the bus bar. 

I can then pound in one ground rod near the new 4 circuit box and run a heavy guage copper wire to the bus bar that the neutral is on.  

Correct?  So in the event of a surge, the spike protector will have an ample path to use for dumping the spike.

Am I better off with the new circuit breaker type that has the yellow surge reset button or should I use something like the Lowell Surge Kit?  Take a peak here:

http://www.lowellmfg.com/technical/powerspecs/1C-109%20Ground%20Transient%20Filter-GTF.pdf

John W5JV

P.S.  I've ordered an NEC guide to read up on it formally. The big concern is for the surge protector to really have a change of protecting the electronics.




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