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Yes, NEC has an entire chart on grounding.
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A conductor used for grounding of the main service should be a single wire. The code book has a table that states the size of ground wire for different service panel amperages.
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NO some armored cable has a ground some sealtite has copper in the helix wit the drain shield some liquite has no conduction at all all armor is a helix which is a coil and acts as insulation at hi frequency xlpe cross linked polyethylene is an insulator service cable is never used for grounding grounding electrode conductor grounding equipment conductor grounding conductor are all separate from service cables if a tall trucks hits an overhead cable you dont want to lose the ground in short NO
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The conductor used to connect equipment or circuit to an earth electrode is earth bond or in some cases a supplementary bond. This will be generally carried out using a copper tape or an earth cable.
A conductor used for grounding of the main service should be a single wire. The code book has a table that states the size of ground wire for different service panel amperages.
As the neutral point of an electrical supply system is often connected to earth ground, ground and neutral are closely related. Under certain conditions, a conductor used to connect to a system neutral is also used for grounding (earthing) of equipment and structures. Current carried on a grounding conductor can result in objectionable or dangerous voltages appearing on equipment enclosures, so the installation of grounding conductors and neutral conductors is carefully defined in electrical regulations. Where a neutral conductor is used also to connect equipment enclosures to earth, care must be taken that the neutral conductor never rises to a high voltage with respect to local ground.
The electrical code states "The bonding or grounding conductor shall be of copper not smaller than No. 6 AWG." when it comes to lightning arresters. Also it is paramount to keep the length of the grounding conductor as short as practicable to guarantee the effectiveness of the protector. It is suggested that the length of the grounding conductor be limited to 6 metres maximum. If you have access to an electrical code book look up "lightning arresters" as there is much discussion on the subject and I am sure that you will want to do the job correctly.
The length of the cable, the gauge of the inner conductor, the material used as dieletric.