Water Meter Grounding Jumper Wire

In the video i talk about why water pipes need to be grounded.

Water meter grounding jumper wire.

For 200 ampere. Still there are electricians and local building codes that vigorously defend the water heater bonding wire as a proper safety measure. The southwire water heater grounding kit is designed for residential water heater use but can be used across any continuity break in residential plumbing. Brass ground clamps included.

Copper conductor 6 awg included. 10 sol str 2str. The reasoning is that the metal casing on the water heater itself is thought to be sufficient to complete the continuous grounding path between the cold water and hot water pipes in the home. If you use your home s main water pipe to ground the electrical system and many homes do you should attach a jumper wire around the water meter in order to provide a better path for the electricity ground path.

The jumper wire is actually a grounding wire a short section of large gauge wire that jumps or goes across the water meter and is securely attached to the water pipe at each side. If no jumper wire is installed a surge in electricity could cause damage to the water meter in some cases. Residential water heater use. Missing jumper wire at water meter is a common electrical defect and safety hazard noted in many home inspections for older homes.

Kit includes two brass ground clamps and copper conductor. The ground wire is bonded at the main panel to the ground system. Grounding a sub panel. This bonding is essential to maintain continuous ground path.

1 in. For 200 amp service use a 4 gauge copper wire from the panel to the water pipe within 5 feet of where it enters the house and also between where it enters and the meter. This sub feed cable will have 2 insulated power conductors 1 insulated neutral conductor and one ground wire. The bonding jumper is to be sized using table 250 66.

Sub panels are grounded through the cable that provides the sub feed circuit power. Installing a jumper wire on your home s main water pipe is easy and this. Product can be used with residential water heaters. This is from a different table of sizes for grounding electrode conductors as opposed to ground wires from main panel to subpanel grounding conductors.