You need a brass clamp on the galv. steel pipe as a go-between for your copper strap. Home Depot sells a brass pipe clamp with the copper hardware attached to bolt your strap to. Or else if you go in
This info is wrong...You need to use a Zinc ground strap to Galvanized pipe.This can be found in the National Electric Codebook.2005 version __________________________________________________________
I haven't been able to locate this reference to zinc ground strap in my code book; would you please provide a section number? geo - n4ua -- This message is for the designated recipient only and may c
Some are saying stainless steel is the right stuff to put between copper and zinc (galvanized). Rob thinks brass is the right material. Zinc to galvanizing (zinc dip) is obviously harmless (no electr
It is under service bonding I beleive its article 350 but I will check it out.I beleive the reason is the brass and gal pipe have tendacy to oxidize quicker than zinc to gal. ________________________
Is air and/or water required for the galvanic action to occur? Could a liberal dose of Alox or grease solve this problem? I have been using this approach for a number of years and don't recall any pr
You don't want a zinc clamp. It will be fine with the water pipe but not with the copper wire / strap. Bronze clamps (not brass) are ok with both galvanized and copper. But you still do not want the
I would believe the *best* thing one could do in this situation is to replace the water pipe(s) with copper. A pain, to be sure, but galvanized water pipe? Is this even safe (or legal) for a drinking
tnx Gary; i did not mean to imply that bronze (not brass my mistake) was the only way; it's just one way. s.s. fine too. 73, rob/k5uj From: Gary Schafer <garyschafer@comcast.net> Reply-To: garyschafe