We had a hot tub with electrical coming from 6/3 wire on a 50A breaker in the main panel in the house. Now I am putting in (2) 20A outlets where the hot tub used to be. I added an outdoor load center fed by the 6/3 wire and will put in 20A breakers to feed the new outlets (I need 2 separate circuits) which will be fed with 12/2 wire.
The new load center box does not come with a grounding bar, I purchased one and put in the load center with the intention of connecting it with the incoming 6 gauge ground wire and the ground wires from each outlet. My question is do I need to have a ground rod by the load center also, or is having everything tied together to the main ground for the house acceptable?
Hope that makes sense. Thanks in advance.
edit: The hot tub was wired to a "spa panel" and did not have any additional grounding. So after thinking about it I'm guessing I would be fine without the added ground rod. But would like to make sure.
The new load center box does not come with a grounding bar, I purchased one and put in the load center with the intention of connecting it with the incoming 6 gauge ground wire and the ground wires from each outlet. My question is do I need to have a ground rod by the load center also, or is having everything tied together to the main ground for the house acceptable?
Hope that makes sense. Thanks in advance.
edit: The hot tub was wired to a "spa panel" and did not have any additional grounding. So after thinking about it I'm guessing I would be fine without the added ground rod. But would like to make sure.
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