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How to properly ground panel box if I'm replacing all copper with PEX?
So I've got a 1950s house and I'm in the planning stages of a project to replace all the copper plumbing with PEX. The copper is in really bad shape, there are ancient gate valves all over the place ...
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PEX Upgrade With Plumbing System Electrical Grounding
I'd like to replace my old outdoor hose bibb (because it's really difficult to turn on) with a new hose bibb and PEX.
Ground Wire 1
On the other side of the hose bibb is copper pipe and a clamped ...
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Electric current shock in Bathroom water tap
I live in india,
1 storeyed apartment with 2 flats on the ground floor and 2 flats on the first floor. It is annexed on the back side with same 2 + 2 model.
My Bathroom has a 2000 Watts - 15 Liter ...
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Can I bond gas plumbing via gas water heater's electrical connection ground?
Locale: WA State, U.S.
Inspector approved gas plumbing and followed up later, saying:
"Please note that we will be verifying the bonding of the new gas piping at the next inspection, please ...
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What should happen with plumbing ground connections when converting to Pex?
My house is being re-piped by replacing all of the copper with PEX starting at the water service entrance. I'm on a well which is 150' from the house and the service line is CPVC. Currently, there is ...
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Earth clamp material for copper pipe
I have a copper water pipe i want to connect to earth. I bought some pipe earth clamps but I’m suspicious that maybe the material they’re made from is not suitable and will result in galvanic ...
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Grounding Wire to copper pipe for cable
I'm working on renovating my basement, but first am replacing all of my existing copper pipes with modern CPVC to eliminate the constant leak headache since we are on a well.
Last night I found this ...
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Ground Wire (or Wires) after PEX Installation
I recently had my galvanized pipes professionally replaced and now think I have an issue. Previously, The ground wire that ran from my electrical panel used the galvanized pipe as the "conduit" to ...
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One hand in the sink and one hand on the stove, I feel a tingle. How dangerous and how to fix? (Not my home)
I was staying with a friend recently and after cooking dinner I was washing up. I had water running in the sink, and one hand in the water rinsing a glass. With my other hand I reached to grab a ...
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Should I bond a water softener's in/out pipes?
Our house was built in 1997. The pipes are copper (including the city water supply pipe). Some time after the house was built, the previous owners installed a water softener. The softener parts are ...
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