Neutral and Ground Sharing Same Bus Bar?

I was touching up on some electrical knowledge and was a little confused. I thought neutral and grounds can only share a bus bar in a distribution panel, but now in the main, however when I was researching it people were saying yes and no to grounds and neutrals in the main service panel and it got confusing. I was wondering what was proper.

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It is just the opposite. The two are bonded in the service disconnect cabinet and they are separated in the remote distribution cabinets.

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Ah. Well good thing I’m touching up on it. Having it backwards isn’t good. Thanks for the video resource as well.

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Also, make sure that the bonding screw or bonding strap is properly installed on a service panel. The bonding strap for an Eaton is located here.

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Excellent video…so good that I am going to watch it a few more times.

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Thanks @lkage for sharing this, it was good to watch for a refresh on the subject. :+1:
Clear explanation for all.

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