<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> The primary reason to ground water pipes is to provide a path to ground in case an ungrounded conductor shorts out against water pipes or equipment in a water system. Have you ever been shocked by touching a sink, instant shower heater in Central America, or touching water in a poorly wired house? It is not so uncommon for a person to become the shortest path to ground. It is good practice to bond the water system to the grounding electrode or other grounding conductor.<br><div> </div>Nick Soleil<br>Project Manager<br>Advanced Alternative Energy Solutions, LLC<br>PO Box 657<br>Petaluma, CA 94953<br>Cell: 707-321-2937<br>Office: 707-789-9537<br>Fax: 707-769-9037<div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Ryan LeBlanc <ryan@naturalenergyworks.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, January 6, 2010 3:00:45 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [RE-wrenches] Water Pipes as Grounding Electrodes<br></font><br>
I've had so much conflicting input on the points of Grounding Water pipes or<br>using them as Grounding Electrodes for systems in places like New York and<br>San Francisco. <br><br>Could someone be kind enough to set me straight on the intentions, functions<br>and applications of this?<br><br>Ryan J. LeBlanc<br>NABCEPT Certified Solar PV Installer<br>Cell: 707.591.1950<br>Direct: 707.536.9839<br><a ymailto="mailto:ryan@NaturalEnergyWorks.com" href="mailto:ryan@NaturalEnergyWorks.com">ryan@NaturalEnergyWorks.com</a><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.NaturalEnergyWorks.com">http://www.NaturalEnergyWorks.com</a></span><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address: <a ymailto="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>Options & settings:<br><span><a target="_blank"
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