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	Name:	Wirenut -
	Subject:	How to FIX Boat Dock Shock
	Date:	9/1/2006 6:59:32 PM

You're right Striper Jim. The ground and neutral bars are bonded in most all panels. So connecting the wire to either bar is the same result. Some panels only have one bar. Almost all of those made in the sixties and before only have one bar. You're also right that the dock should have a designated circuit. But I've been an electrician for 25 years and I've seen a lot that were'nt. I've seen a lot that aren't even on a GFI. Just today I was working on some circuits around a swimming pool. No GFI's. No weather proof boxes. No conduit. 20 year old romex directly buried. Not rated for Underground. Switches and plugs falling apart from the weather. A Doctor's house. Very dangerous. Advised a complete rewire. They just want thier lights to work. There is a lot of unsafe wiring in this area. But everyone needs to be especially careful around water.
I would rather get that strange tingling backfeed on a well grounded dock GFI circuit than to completely do away with the ground. As you mentioned about the drop cord and saw. A faulty cord can energize a dock. If the hot wire comes into contact with a metal dock and the dock is well grounded it will trip even a regular breaker. If the dock isn't grounded and a hot wire comes in contact with it, than it is a death trap. I've read of several fatalities that were caused this way. I urge everyone to ground thier docks!