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	Subject - Grounding Tex I just bought an old House that does not have grounds and wanting to ground it properly. I will run new Romex to everything so all outlets switches are grounded. The house has not ground rod. When I drive a ground rod should I ground it to my panel or service disconnect or does it matter? JimmyDee The purpose of this site is to help those who seek to better understand the theories, codes and safe practices involving the use of electricity. We are fortunate to have sharp contributers who continue to show good judgment. These are friendly people who will help and have helped anyone that common sense allows. In an effort to act responsibly, we cannot help people with a specific Do-It-Yourself electrical installation or modification. This puts everyone involved at risk. Surely, you can see the hazards of us thinking your doing one thing and your talking about or doing something else. What if you misunderstood us or worse, we misunderstood you? What about errors of omission based on assumption? We just can't see what's going on and will not contribute to an accident because of miscommunication. We recognize that there are people out there that for many different reasons prefer to do there own electrical work. We can even imagine that a small minority of these people are very capable of safely performing this work. The problem is since we don't know the person, we have to err on the side of caution. If you insist on doing your own work then at least get an electrician to supervise who can see what's going on. Jim (moderator)