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A bare copper equipment grounding conductor should not be placed in an aluminum cable tray due to the potential for electrolytic corrosion of the
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That being said, many would tend to ground it to something (an equipment ground, not a ground rod and not necessarily a ground electrode conductor) for liability reasons knowing that