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E3908.12 Equipment Grounding Conductor Size
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Copper, aluminum and copper-clad aluminum equipment grounding conductors of the wire type shall be not smaller than shown in Table E3908.12, but in no case shall they be required to be larger than the circuit conductors supplying the equipment. Where a raceway or a cable armor or sheath is used as the equipment grounding conductor, as provided in Section E3908.8, it shall comply with Section E3908.4. Where ungrounded connectors are increased in size, equipment grounding conductors shall be increased proportionally according to the circular mil area of the ungrounded conductors.
TABLE E3908.12
EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR SIZING
RATING OR SETTING OF AUTOMATIC OVERCURRENT DEVICE IN CIRCUIT AHEAD OF EQUIPMENT, CONDUIT, ETC., NOT EXCEEDING THE FOLLOWING RATINGS (amperes) | MINIMUM SIZE | |
Copper wire No. (AWG) | Aluminum or copper-clad aluminum wire No. (AWG) | |
15 | 14 | 12 |
20 | 12 | 10 |
60 | 10 | 8 |
100 | 8 | 6 |
200 | 6 | 4 |
300 | 4 | 2 |
400 | 3 | 1 |
Where a single equipment grounding conductor is run with multiple circuits in the same raceway or cable, it shall be sized for the largest overcurrent device protecting conductors in the raceway or cable.
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