When Did the IEC Start Requiring Ground Rods?

In this episode, E&S Grounding Solutions President David Stockin discusses a requirement for ground rods in the IEC – it may be surprising to learn when this requirement was introduced! There are several reasons why a ground rod should be installed at every home’s electrical service panel, rather than rely upon the ground rod for the utility’s transformer. Sometimes when a code or standard introduces a new requirement, it raises a lot of questions on how to implement the requiremen...