DIY BONDING, GROUNDING AND FACILITY PROTECTION

It seems everyone knows someone who knows something about grounding and by the way my guy is cheap. Depending on what cheap really means the bargain could and usually does turn out to be less than expected.

DIY bonding, grounding and facility protection implemented without following the National Electrical Code and other industry standards and practices and not using qualified personnel is a death (shock or shock hazard) or disaster just waiting to happen.

Typically. an electrician or an electrical contractor only implements the National Electrical Code and has little or no knowledge of industry accepted codes, standards and best practices for holistic facility electrical protection.

Bonding, grounding, and holistic facility protection requires planning, implementation and testing at the completion of the work. The steps involved are:

• Determining the codes and standards required for the protection required for the facility.
• Determining the best practices required for implementing the codes and standards elected for the facility.
• Selecting a qualified resource to implement the codes, standards, and best practices for the facility.
• Selecting a qualified resource to verify and test the implementation of the codes, standards and vest practices implemented.

DIY bonding, grounding and facility can only be successful if your guy is qualified to do the steps below.

• Verification for proper implementation of the National Electrical Code (NEC)
• Verification of or recommendation of power protection
• Verification of facility wide system(s) bonding and system(s) grounding
• Verification of or recommendation of building protection
• Verification of or recommendation of power continuity system(s)
• Verification of or recommendation of surge protection (Ac, Dc, RF, and Cathodic)
• Verification of or recommendation of lightning protection
• Verification of or recommendation of radio frequency interference (RFI) protection
• Verification of or recommendation of electromagnetic interference (EMI) protection
• Verification of or recommendation of electrical protection standards
• Verification of or recommendation of best electrical practices
• Verification and mark changes of the facility one-line-drawing
• Verification of all backup power systems
• Verification of all required essential power required on circuits not permitted to go down during loss of power to the facility (Blackout Testing)
• Identification of unbalanced service panels
• Complete a power study for facility load and power fluctuations