Now that I've had proper grounding installed in my breaker box, and have had
my hot, cold, and gas pipes bonded to that ground, should I remove the cold
water grounds that the previous owner installed? I didn't think to ask the
electrician while he was here, however as I got into the shower I was
wondering if it should be done.

I know the previous owner installed a ground wire from the kitchen outlet
grounds to the cold water pipe below - should that be clipped and removed
before I use that outlet? He had also originally installed a ground wire
from the washing machine to the cold water tap, so I know there are a few of
those around.

Eigenvector wrote:
Now that I've had proper grounding installed in my breaker box, and
have had my hot, cold, and gas pipes bonded to that ground, should I
remove the cold water grounds that the previous owner installed? I
didn't think to ask the electrician while he was here, however as I
got into the shower I was wondering if it should be done.

I know the previous owner installed a ground wire from the kitchen
outlet grounds to the cold water pipe below - should that be clipped
and removed before I use that outlet? He had also originally
installed a ground wire from the washing machine to the cold water
tap, so I know there are a few of those around.

Doesn't matter. Probably. Good is redundancy is good.

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:45:48 -0700, "Eigenvector"
wrote:

Now that I've had proper grounding installed in my breaker box, and have had
my hot, cold, and gas pipes bonded to that ground, should I remove the cold
water grounds that the previous owner installed? I didn't think to ask the
electrician while he was here, however as I got into the shower I was
wondering if it should be done.

I know the previous owner installed a ground wire from the kitchen outlet
grounds to the cold water pipe below - should that be clipped and removed
before I use that outlet? He had also originally installed a ground wire
from the washing machine to the cold water tap, so I know there are a few of
those around.



For residental purposes, current NEC doesn't seem to allow such a
ground method. You might want to have someone look at it.

later,


tom

"Tom The Great" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:45:48 -0700, "Eigenvector"
wrote:

Now that I've had proper grounding installed in my breaker box, and have
had
my hot, cold, and gas pipes bonded to that ground, should I remove the
cold
water grounds that the previous owner installed? I didn't think to ask
the
electrician while he was here, however as I got into the shower I was
wondering if it should be done.

I know the previous owner installed a ground wire from the kitchen outlet
grounds to the cold water pipe below - should that be clipped and removed
before I use that outlet? He had also originally installed a ground wire
from the washing machine to the cold water tap, so I know there are a few
of
those around.



For residental purposes, current NEC doesn't seem to allow such a
ground method. You might want to have someone look at it.

later,


tom

I'll remove it when I replace the Romex. It doesn't sound dangerous so I
won't worry, but I will correct it when the wiring is replaced. The
previous owner clipped all the ground wires in the Romex, so I have to
replace it in order to get grounded service at that fixture.

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:19:37 -0400, Tom The Great
wrote:

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:45:48 -0700, "Eigenvector"
wrote:

Now that I've had proper grounding installed in my breaker box, and have had
my hot, cold, and gas pipes bonded to that ground, should I remove the cold
water grounds that the previous owner installed? I didn't think to ask the
electrician while he was here, however as I got into the shower I was
wondering if it should be done.

I know the previous owner installed a ground wire from the kitchen outlet
grounds to the cold water pipe below - should that be clipped and removed
before I use that outlet? He had also originally installed a ground wire
from the washing machine to the cold water tap, so I know there are a few of
those around.



For residental purposes, current NEC doesn't seem to allow such a
ground method. You might want to have someone look at it.

**** NEC

DK wrote:
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:19:37 -0400, Tom The Great
wrote:
....

For residental purposes, current NEC doesn't seem to allow such a
ground method. You might want to have someone look at it.

**** NEC

Spoken like a man who likes to learn from his own mistakes rather than
learn from others.



Well I could be wrong maybe he does not learn from his own mistakes
either.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

"Ground redundancy" actually isn't always so good as you may think.

What is called a ground loop can be anything from an annoying problem to
costing the owners dollars to find & fix to something that may be dangerous
to certain appliances.

"HeyBub" wrote in message
...
Eigenvector wrote:
Now that I've had proper grounding installed in my breaker box, and
have had my hot, cold, and gas pipes bonded to that ground, should I
remove the cold water grounds that the previous owner installed? I
didn't think to ask the electrician while he was here, however as I
got into the shower I was wondering if it should be done.

I know the previous owner installed a ground wire from the kitchen
outlet grounds to the cold water pipe below - should that be clipped
and removed before I use that outlet? He had also originally
installed a ground wire from the washing machine to the cold water
tap, so I know there are a few of those around.

Doesn't matter. Probably. Good is redundancy is good.