Well, that brings us back around to my original argument- that article 250, specifically including 250.50 and 250.52(A)(5), places no restrictions on the distance from the panel to the grounding rod; there are plenty of installations where the soil right up against the building is unsuitible for grounding and the ground is made a good distance away. There is quite simply nothing prohibiting use of the house grounding rod as the outbuilding electrode, if the conductor is sized properly and spliced IAW 250.64(C).
[This message has been edited by SteveFehr (edited 11-30-2006).]
