In article , "toller" wrote:

After putting in the GFCI outlet, you might want to attach a wire from the
frame to a water pipe, as you suggest. It may not be adequate by itself,
and it is certainly a code violation,

Yes it is - so why are you advising him to do that?

Yet *another* example of why you have no business offering electrical advice.

but will act as a back up to the GFCI.

Absolute nonsense. If the GFCI has failed, and a ground fault occurs, this
will electrify the metal water piping, which is a _very_ hazardous condition.

No matter how bad the connection it, it will certainly be better than the
path to ground through you.

Further nonsense.

(I have said this mainly to annoy the
electrical-police, but it is actually true.

Even further nonsense.

Any current through the
"ground" (or through you, for that matter) will trip the GFCI instantly.)

Not really. Ten milliseconds is pretty fast, I grant you, but it's not
instant.

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