we recently had to replace our pipes in the front yard and were told at the time by the contractor that the cause for the pipes leaking was due to electrolysis. he then said we needed to ground our wires to prevent this from happening again in the future and this was something my husband should be able to do himself husband not sure how to do so i am looking for advice....
If you have more than 10 feet of metalic pipe in contact with eth earth you are required to use it as a grounding electrode under the NEC.
Using the pipe as part of the electrode system will have no effect on electrolysis.
Soil type (pH) is usually the cause of copper pipe damage.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
plumber says pipes need to be grounded
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