In Reply to: Good advice so far. posted by Al Sekela on December 28, 2006 at 13:51:37:
I don't know the reason to run separate grounds. If one feeds to both, it seems that you'd have a better ground reference. I don't know. On my new room, I ran 3 dedicated lines and because it was new, I ran all 12-2 romex, so I have separate grounds.But in adding lines, you probably will run conduit and the electrician will run 4 wires for 2 lines, red, green, white and black. In my old house that's what I did and had zero issues and it was my best tweak by far.
I thnk phase is the biggest issue. Yes, keep them off the major appliance legs, which doesn't help for the air or the welder ;)
On digital, I'm still on the fence. Yes, it needs to be off the analog lines, absolutely. But, in my old place I think I had it on a different phase too.
On last thing, do folks know that the neutral also gets connected to the same place as the ground in the panel. Basically, you really have 2 grounds and a hot. It sure surprised me when I hooked up the panel for my media room.
-Rod
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Follow Ups
- Re: Good advice so far. - Rod M 18:49:30 12/29/06 (2)
- Agree about phase, but grounds are subtle. - Al Sekela 21:42:28 12/29/06 (0)
- Re: Good advice so far. - jea48 20:34:33 12/29/06 (0)