Confused about wiring my Recent Purchase
Good evening guys and I hope you all can help me. I have gleaned a wealth of knowledge so far but have come here for the advice from people that know RV's. Story .... Moving into an RV for 4 mo...
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Bonding. I ran into this when wiring up my garage. My Canadian code book says "in every case the neutral must be grounded at every building". Only one ten foot rod is required. I went to the hardware store and was told everybody uses grounding plates instead of rods now. Much easier than pounding a ten foot rod in without hitting a rock.
I asked a few people why the grounding rod and bonding are desirable for a separate building but not for a sub box in the same building. The only thing I got that made sense was that somebody digging might cut into the power line to the out building and sever just the neutral and ground wires, leaving every outlet box floating at 120 V. Somewhere on the web it mentions this is particularly annoying in Britain where every metal thing like bannisters in public buildings must be connected to the electrical ground - and they float at 240 V if the neutral + earth ground is cut while some appliance is connecting hot to neutral.
My current problem is that an electrician just wired our new 14x25 foot sun room/porch with all 8 outlets on one circuit. This meets code but seems crazy to me. Do I break this up using a second breaker or let it go? The two outdoor outlets (under 10 foot roof overhang for patio) are on one circuit, too. I don't want to call him back - he already charged $1000 labour to do it and will be back to hook up the plug ins and light fixtures after the drywall is done. He says the inspector takes at least a year to show up. Wish I had done the whole job myself.
I asked a few people why the grounding rod and bonding are desirable for a separate building but not for a sub box in the same building. The only thing I got that made sense was that somebody digging might cut into the power line to the out building and sever just the neutral and ground wires, leaving every outlet box floating at 120 V. Somewhere on the web it mentions this is particularly annoying in Britain where every metal thing like bannisters in public buildings must be connected to the electrical ground - and they float at 240 V if the neutral + earth ground is cut while some appliance is connecting hot to neutral.
My current problem is that an electrician just wired our new 14x25 foot sun room/porch with all 8 outlets on one circuit. This meets code but seems crazy to me. Do I break this up using a second breaker or let it go? The two outdoor outlets (under 10 foot roof overhang for patio) are on one circuit, too. I don't want to call him back - he already charged $1000 labour to do it and will be back to hook up the plug ins and light fixtures after the drywall is done. He says the inspector takes at least a year to show up. Wish I had done the whole job myself.
