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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Question:
Greetings CQD,
In a wood frame buildings with metal studs used inside the building and/or isolated metal studs or steel beams, does the steel need to bond and grounded?
Randy Carns
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Answer:
Hello Randy,
There are no requirements in the NEC to bond metal studs or remote steel materials to the electric supply source. NEC 250.4(4) requires electrically conductive materials that are likely to become energized to be connected together and to the electric supply source in a manner that establishes an effective ground-fault current path. Unless there is some substantiation that these metal materials are likely to become energized it is not necessary to connect them to establish an effective ground-fault path.