Originally Posted by
Charles Lent
The present National Electric Code requires two 8' copper clad ground rods to be installed, spaced at least 5' apart and connected to the main electric panel ground buss, with the neutral buss then connected to the ground buss at this one location.
Also assure that your telephone and TV Cable service points are connected to this grounding system, even if the phone and cable services insist on adding their own ground rods. Just jumper connect every one of their grounds to your ground system, above the ground and in plain sight, so you can inspect these jumpers often, as most of their installers don't understand proper grounding and may attempt to remove them.
Grounding of your power system is highly important. If you have less than 2 ground rods on your electric power service you should add at least one other at the minimum. You will likely be very surprised at how much more stable your electric service becomes. I'm a licensed electrical contractor and EE (now retired and a full believer in good electric service grounding. I have solved many electric service problems in my career.
Charley