Before I get into the background information, my questions are: "Is there any way to bond ground rods by way of a subpanel (for which I would hire an electrician)? Assuming, instead, I need to connect the rods directly, do I need to bury the wire that bonds my 2 ground rods? If not, can this bonding wire be attached to the outside of my house (up walls and under eaves)?"
The background information is as follows:
* My goal is to bring different phone and cable lines into my house.
* The 2nd ground rod would be installed for phone and cable grounding only.
* I put an addition on my house. The old part of the house is on a slab. The addition has a basement.
* The electrician installed a subpanel in the basement of the addition that feeds off the main panel. The original/main panel is located in my garage, far away from the addition. This is where the first/original grounding rod is located.
* The subpanel is on the opposite side of the basement from the future demarc point for phone and cable (perhaps 40 feet).
* There is pex for plumbing in the addition. (ie: no metal pipe)
* We are replacing the phone and cable feeds because we have line noise in both our phone and cable. The working theory of both the phone and cable techs is that the lines are getting interference from the power cable in the trench from the road. All 3 cables are buried very close together in a 60 foot trench. When I tested a new cable into our basement instead of to the old demarc point, the noise was gone and the signal strength was much better.
* I plan on using insulated #6 copper for the wire that bonds the rods
* The rods will probably be 30 or 40 feet apart.
* A sidewalk and driveway get in the way of burying the bonding wire
The background information is as follows:
* My goal is to bring different phone and cable lines into my house.
* The 2nd ground rod would be installed for phone and cable grounding only.
* I put an addition on my house. The old part of the house is on a slab. The addition has a basement.
* The electrician installed a subpanel in the basement of the addition that feeds off the main panel. The original/main panel is located in my garage, far away from the addition. This is where the first/original grounding rod is located.
* The subpanel is on the opposite side of the basement from the future demarc point for phone and cable (perhaps 40 feet).
* There is pex for plumbing in the addition. (ie: no metal pipe)
* We are replacing the phone and cable feeds because we have line noise in both our phone and cable. The working theory of both the phone and cable techs is that the lines are getting interference from the power cable in the trench from the road. All 3 cables are buried very close together in a 60 foot trench. When I tested a new cable into our basement instead of to the old demarc point, the noise was gone and the signal strength was much better.
* I plan on using insulated #6 copper for the wire that bonds the rods
* The rods will probably be 30 or 40 feet apart.
* A sidewalk and driveway get in the way of burying the bonding wire