Grounding Requirements for Optical Cable Junction Boxes

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Industry standards such as the NEC (National Electrical Code) Article 770 and NFPA 70 provide binding requirements, while standards from IEEE and TIA offer additional guidance. This Applications Engineering Note (AE Note) discusses conventional bonding and grounding practices for conductive fiber optic cable and hardware installations within the scope of the National Electrical Code (NEC). NEIS® are intended to be referenced in contrac documents for electrical construction ation or liability to users of this publication. Metal raceways, cable trays, cable armor, cable sheath, enclosures, frames, fittings, and other metal noncurrent-carrying parts that are to serve as grounding conductors, with or without the use of supplementary equipment grounding conductors, shall be effectively bonded where necessary to ensure.

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