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>>At the December meeting there was a question during >>the code panel asking if the bonding conductor could >>be a 8 AWG stranded conductor or does it need to be a >>solid conductor. Tom Lichtenstein stated that section >>680.74 requires the conductor needs to be copper and >>not smaller than 8 AWG solid. I just wanted to get >>other thoughts. > > >Dave, I agree that the the code requires a #8 solid >copper conductor, but that rule was probably carried >over from swimming pool bonding requirements. On a >swimming pool the enviroment, hence clorinated water, >could get between the strands of stranded conductors >and cause deteriation of the conductor which is why a >solid conductor is required. On a hydromassage bath >tub clorinated water is not used as the water is >discharged after each use, therefore I don't think the >same conditions exist for a hydromasage bath tub. A >code proposal may be in order. > >Bert Gale

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