It's an OPINION guys....what do you think ? let's not make it a Dennsi and Gus show
If the CEE is connected at the panel and the steel is bonded to the panel, does that qualify the steel as a Grounding Electrode under 250.52(A)(2), or does the steel have to connect
directly to the electrode(s) noted in that section.
Okay back to the Dennis and Gus Show. :grin:
First off I want to state that grounding is not my forte and I bond etc as Jude (cadpoint) does but probably because I am not sure of what is allowed.
Okay, I do not think because the steel is connected to the cee it becomes an electrode at all. If that were the case that everything metal in the building that is grounded would be an electrode.
I also think it would be a rare case where the building steel is not an electrode. Here we must assume it isn't since the OP has stated that. The water pipe in this case is not an electrode either since there is plastic coming into the building.
My understanding here is that, of course, they must be bonded. The question is whether we can bond the steel and then use the steel structure to bond to the water pipe.
My feeling is that all we need to do is bond these objects. Now, how do we do that. We can run from the panel to the steel and one from the panel to the water pipe. We all agree with that, I hope. So the question is can we use the steel to obtain the bond to the water pipe on the other end of the building. I would think so but am not sure.
In my eyes this has nothing to do with electrodes but just bonding of the steel and the water pipe.