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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. >> >>I can't see any "gray" in this Code section. I think >>that the intent is to have the ampacity of a min. #8 >>and the structural integrity of a solid conductor >I do not feel that the code section requires the solid >conductor. A 8 AWG stranded meets the wording of the >code.

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