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(C) Continuous
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Except as provided in 250.30(A)(5) and (A)(6), 250.30(B)(1), and 250.68(C), grounding electrode conductor(s) shall be installed in one continuous length without a splice or joint. If necessary, splices or connections shall be made as permitted in (1) through (4):
- Splicing of the wire-type grounding electrode conductor shall be permitted only by irreversible compression-type connectors listed as grounding and bonding equipment or by the exothermic welding process.
- Sections of busbars shall be permitted to be connected together to form a grounding electrode conductor.
- Bolted, riveted, or welded connections of structural metal frames of buildings or structures.
- Threaded, welded, brazed, soldered or bolted-flange connections of metal water piping.
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