Cable tray bridging bare copper wires

It is recommended to use tinned copper stranded wire with a minimum cross-sectional area of 4mm² for bridging, with tinned copper lugs crimped at both ends. Iron bolts welded at both ends of the cable troughs can rust and increase contact resistance. Cable tray may be used as the Equipment Grounding Conductor (EGC) in any installation where qualified persons will service the installed cable tray system. The metal in cable trays may be used as the EGC as per the limitations. Standard splice plates can often provide a safe electrical path if they are UL Classified and bolted tight. However, you must use copper bonding jumpers if the tray is painted or has expansion joints for movement. A. Cable tray wiring systems have excellent safety and dependability records. The intent of this article is to review grounding practices for cable tray. Snap Track Cable Tray Can be used as an Equipment Ground Conductor (EGC) Snap Track cable tray is UL Classified, marked with the available minimum cross sectional area and meets all requirements for use as an Equipment Ground Conductor per NEC Article 392. Standard Snap Track splices, tee's. What is best practice for terminating the ground wires within tray cable? Especially when you have a parallel tray cable feeder? For example: A parallel tray cable feeder is installed in cable tray to a 400 amp distribution panel. [PDF]