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From: wn9nbt@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Dave Chasey)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: electrical codes
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Date: 20 Feb 88 21:51:47 GMT
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On the subject of bogus wiring practices, when I moved into my current house
I looked over some of the electrical work.   I was amused when I found a #6
bare ground wire grounding the electrical pannel to the incomming water line.
That is all well and good, but the house has all PVC (plastic) water pipe,
including the feed from the street.    They put a ground clamp on the water
heater shutoff valve, with plastic pipe on each side !   In talking with the
owner, who was the original purchaser when the house was new, he said that the
union electrical inspector made the original union electricians go back and
install the ground wire since the code mandates it.   It had no exceptions
for PVC plumbing.    The pannel also has a ground wire to a ground rod, so 
the pannel is in fact grounded, but sometimes the code and inspectors need to
have a bit of common sense.  It makes me wonder what else is hidden in the 
walls and attic..........   Dave Chasey
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