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All except homes built many years ago where someone felt it was satisfactory to clamp a single wire to the water line. I’ve seen this numerous times. Not to m
by mattrp 7y ago
All except homes built many years ago where someone felt it was satisfactory to clamp a single wire to the water line. I’ve seen this numerous times.
Not to mention the numerous instances of 20A breakers on 14awg. It’s simply amazing what one will find in some homes... like the person who clipped both ends of an extension cord to feed an outlet out of a junction box rather than spend $20 on home wiring. Or the person who literally covered a chiseled-out trench in plaster with painters tape to conceal wire. And on and on...
- bcrosby95 7y ago> where someone felt it was satisfactory to clamp a single wire to the water line. I’ve seen this numerous times. Our house was built in the 70's and that is what we used to have. After we upgraded our panel though we got not 1, but 2 grounding rods.
- mturmon 7y agoAccording to this thread [1], it was the 1978 code that required a dedicated grounding electrode. That's 40 years ago, but of course many houses have not been upgraded since then, and some localities might not have adopted the 1978 NEC until later. [1] https://forums.mikeholt.com/forum/active-forums/nec/86062-code-year-for-ground-rods?t=135832 https://forums.mikeholt.com/forum/active-forums/nec/86062-co...
- mattrp 7y ago2 is what I’ve installed in the houses I’ve renovated. It’s just not worth the risk to your electronics and home itself to cheap out on proper electrical in your house. Particularly if you’re one of those people with a 12 core 20tb dell r720 in the basement.