Home Automation - Grounding a Breaker box

Sprky,
Got a quick question. I'm putting in a new breaker box in a bunk house. I'm pretty sure the old one isn't grounded. Can I just run a piece of Romex from the new breaker box, through the wall to the outside, and attach it to a grounding rod? The bunk house only has a half bath and I think the pipes are plastic so I can't ground to that. Any other helpful hints would be greatly appreciated.

~Jeff

hello jeff,
best way to ground your new breaker box is to run a piece of #6 bare copper wire from new box threw wall and to the ground rod.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JRollins:
Sprky,
Got a quick question. I'm putting in a new breaker box in a bunk house. I'm pretty sure the old one isn't grounded. Can I just run a piece of Romex from the new breaker box, through the wall to the outside, and attach it to a grounding rod? The bunk house only has a half bath and I think the pipes are plastic so I can't ground to that. Any other helpful hints would be greatly appreciated.

~Jeff<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Thanks for the info. Just so I don't get stupid... The bunk house has aluminum siding, do I need to insulate around the pass through (around the wire going through the wall)? Thanks again for your help.

~Jeff

hello jeff,
no u do not need to insulate the ground wire where it passes threw your wall, u may insulate the ground if u like but its not necessery.