ECN Forum Forums Code Related Discussion NEC & other Code issues Sub panel ground rod connection

I guess we will agree to disagree on the ground rod Reno.

I have seen cllateral damage on the grounding electrode where it is connected to the ground rod. Large fault in a building which eventually tripped the main, before it tripped it cooked the ground wire. Not completely, but there was obviously large amount of current traveling to earth. Where did the current go??? Through the grounding electrode an assumeably back to the "source" through earth.