ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area grounding switches

I have been trained in the "do it faster and cheaper" methods of wiring. I have been not how to wire things to cod, but how to fool the inspector and make things look like they are done to code. My boss (who is an EC) doesn't even own a code book. Any time I mention something its always "I haven't burned down a house yet." I didn't even know that people took the code book seriously until I found this website.

Scameron: If I inspected your work I would turn your company into the licensing board with request for revocation. I'm not pointing fingers at you, but I am pointing fingers at your employer.

This is one of the reasons that I am in the process of changing companies. As I have learned more I just don't feel comfortable with the way things are being done anymore. The last straw for me was last week when I opened up a Transfer switch and he didn't even bother to ground the enclosure.

Steve,
If you read the ROPs and ROCs for switch grounding you will see that the panel clearly intended that the screw itself provide the bonding. They do not intend to require metal to metal contact as with a receptacle. The screw threads in contact with the box and the screw head in contact with the switch yoke is all that the code requires.
Don

Mustang,
The grounding screw is required to be used when a switch is installed in a nonmetallic box. Self-grounding receptacles have green screw for the same reason.
Don