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Electrical Ground Question
I wouldn't mess with the the breaker box wiring at all, besides - there's probably a code violation in there somewhere. If the issues you're experiencing are due to moisture, I'd recommend some GFI breakers. If the issues are due to supply problems, I'd go with surge suppressors. For the really sensitive (or expensive) stuff, I use an UPS with line conditioning.
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I gotta say I don't understand "the rest of the story", but maybe there's some state/local code in Oklahoma that applies. At this point I cannot justifiably recommend any action to be taken at the box, without knowing more of the "why". Did you phone the electrician for an explanation?
Is this breaker box supplied through a it's own service entrance and meter? Or through the meter that serves the rest of the building(s)? If the latter, it would seem to me that soome of the electrical problems in the chicken coop might be due to mismatched ground potential.
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Again Billy, If this is a secondary panel - that is, if it's deriving power from the same source that supplies other buildings and/or power panels - that new ground bar (electrode) needs to be bonded back to whatever's being used as the common ground. This is typically the ground electrode system associated with the service entrance (electric meter). Not doing so creates unequal ground potential, which in turn still leaves you vulnerable to ground loops, static, et cetera. For electronic equipment, that translates into noise - and electronics don't work their best in noisy electrical environments.
And further to what BA said; if you get the electrician to come back out to do the electrode, he should know enough to bond the new one back to the common ground electrode as part of the job.
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Oklahoma code notwithstanding, Reb has described to you the way I'd have done it. Following his advice does not require the services of a licensed electrician, because nothing he told you to do breaks the meter seal. At least that's how it works around here. Sounds like a reasonable do-it-yourself fix. Only thing I would add- as before - is to bond all individual electrodes (ground rods) together (and to the common ground) to equalize ground potential.
Curious though - why didn't your electrical inspector catch this?
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