Dedicated line

You cannot ground your receptacles to a separate ground rod. In fact, no grounded conductors can be connected to a grounding connection on the load side of the main service disconnect. That means that the neutral wires of your dedicated circuits cannot be bonded to the subpanel's neutral bar unless that neutral bar is electrically isolated from the subpanel with a separate grounding conductor from the neutral bar to the main panel.

The reason you cannot run separate ground rods for branch circuits (or have more than one grounding point of your electrical service) is that a lightning strike will cause a voltage potential between the ground rods, resulting in damage to whatever is plugged into the receptacle. That's why Telco and CATV services are grounded at the same point as the electric service.

The mention in my post was unclear. I put in a new service panel for the entire house and drove two ten foot grounding rods which has helped my electrical issues. I think the prior posts agree with the ten gauge. The draw in my system was due to two Classe CA-150's being driven hard on a circuit which had other items such as lights and the front end. The reason for the ten gauge is also for future or current audio components that like power. My amps can demand up to 650 watts each which is a lot for a typical house circuit. I live in an area that is wet and prone to dirty electric. Hope this helps. Steve

this all sounds like over kill to me ...12awg or 10awg in real world applications would have no sound difference at all.

Grounding is my biggest concern, my electrician said I can drive a 6 foot grounding rod into the ground and attach the 2 dedicated lines to it. Does this make sense?
Davea33

Find another electrician! A licensed electrician.....

As for the branch circuit wire.
If you go with #12 wire use a 20 amp breaker.
If you go with #10 wire you still must use a 20 amp breaker per code.

If you use a 20 amp receptacle by code it cannot be connected to a 15 amp branch circuit breaker. A 20 amp rated receptacle can only be connected to a 20 amp branch circuit, by code....
#12 awg copper wire is rated for 20 amps.

In further support of the comments by Gs5556 and Jea48 about having a separate grounding rod for the dedicated lines, see section 1.2 of this document.

Regards,
-- Al