[TowerTalk] Ground strap to water pipe

[ny6dx@netscape.net]

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.








"Dubovsky, George" <George.Dubovsky at andrew.com> wrote:

>I haven't been able to locate this reference to zinc ground strap in my code book; would you please provide a section number?
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>geo - n4ua
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>> 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
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>> "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> >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
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>> >attached to bolt your strap to.  Or else if you go in the back where they
>> >have their ground rods, conduit and other electrical stuff you will find
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>> >clamps and hardware to work something out.   you just have to fix it so
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>> >copper is clamped to the brass, and the brass is on the pipe so the cu
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>> >steel don't touch each other.
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