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MINIMUM SITE GROUNDING (EARTHING) REQUIREMENTS CHAPTER 4: EXTERNAL GROUNDING (EARTHING)<br />

BUILDING GROUND RING<br />

ICE BRIDGE SEGMENTS<br />

BONDING JUMPERS<br />

FIGURE 4-51 PROPER GROUNDING OF SELF-SUPPORTING ICE BRIDGE<br />

LEGS BONDED TOGETHER BELOW<br />

GRADE, THEN BONDED TO GROUND<br />

RINGS USING 35 mm 2 csa (#2 AWG)<br />

OR COARSER WIRE<br />

TOWER GROUND RING<br />

Grounding of tower <strong>and</strong>/or building supported cable bridges/ice bridges shall be completed as<br />

follows:<br />

• At the building: The cable bridge/ice bridge shall bond to the grounding electrode system.<br />

Bonding to the grounding electrode system may be accomplished using a 16 mm 2 csa (#6 AWG) or<br />

coarser copper conductor bonded to the External Ground Bus bar (EGB). Conductor bonding to the<br />

cable bridge/ice bridge <strong>and</strong> EGB shall be made using exothermic welding, or two-hole lugs <strong>and</strong><br />

stainless steel hardware. See “Bonding to the External Grounding (Earthing) Electrode System” on<br />

page 4-40.<br />

Bonding of the cable bridge/ice bridge to the grounding electrode system may also be<br />

accomplished using a 35 mm2 csa (#2 AWG) or coarser, bare, copper conductor bonded directly to<br />

the grounding electrode system. Conductor bonding to the grounding electrode system shall be<br />

made using exothermic welding or listed irreversible high-compression fittings. Conductor bonding<br />

to the cable bridge/ice bridge shall be made using exothermic welding, or listed two-hole lugs <strong>and</strong><br />

stainless steel hardware. See “Bonding to the External Grounding (Earthing) Electrode<br />

System” on page 4-40.<br />

• At the tower: Cable bridges/ice bridges may be sufficiently grounded when an integral part of the<br />

tower construction <strong>and</strong> bonded directly to the tower through multiple metallic mechanical<br />

connections. The metallic connections shall be of the same metals <strong>and</strong> shall provide direct metalto-metal<br />

contact without any non-conductive coatings, such as paint. When the cable bridge/ice<br />

bridge is not effectively bonded to the tower, additional bonding shall be required in order to<br />

effectively ground the cable bridge/ice bridge.<br />

The additional bonding shall be accomplished using one of the following techniques:<br />

• Installing a 16 mm 2 csa (#6 AWG) or coarser copper conductor (bonding jumper) between the<br />

cable bridge/ice bridge <strong>and</strong> the tower. Conductor bonding to the cable bridge/ice bridge shall be<br />

made using exothermic welding, or listed two-hole lugs <strong>and</strong> stainless steel hardware. Conductor<br />

bonding to the tower shall be made using exothermic welding, or other suitable hardware. See<br />

“Bonding to the External Grounding (Earthing) Electrode System” on page 4-40.<br />

4-72 68P81089E50-B 9/1/05

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