On Monday, October 28, 2013 11:24:09 PM UTC-4, Wes Groleau wrote:
On 10-28-2013, 23:01, bud-- wrote:



"No longer code" is "wrong".



Other posts made it clear he meant not required by code.

Don't crucify him for failure to edit extensively.

That would violate Usenet tradition.


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Let's review this one more time:

"If you want to do something before help arrives, I might*look* (but not
touch) for any clamps with wires that are attached to your water supply
lines. Incoming phone terminals, CATV lines, the circuit box area and the
furnace areas are places you might find a ground wire connection (no longer code)."

Let's just look at one simple, easy piece of that.
The OP goes looking at his circuit box area and finds
a wire running from the panel to his cold water pipe,
either the incoming water service or the metal water pipes
of the house if the water service is plastic.
That is not only allowed in current code, it's *required*
in current code. And it's also perfectly
normal in older homes. It's just flat out wrong to say
it's "no longer code".