delfadelfa
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- Cincinnati, OH
I had a call today where a guy was shocked when he removed his hose from his hose bib. The house was built in 2015 with all cpvc water line. Copper water service coming through the foundation to the brass shutoff valves, pressure reducer, and then cpvc from there. 200 amp service, #4 aluminum bonded to the water service where it enters the building, has a footer bond at the basement panel.
I removed the water bond at the clamp and tested it to see if it was broke - not broke. Test the other copper in the house with an extension cord and a meter - at the water heater - other hose bibs - the water service - all of them at zero volts. Unfinished basement - I can see the water line to the hose bib with the 100 volts - its about 10 feet from the main water service and runs parallel to two romex wires about a foot away from the 1/2 inch water line. Too far to pick up a field?? It does not matter if the water service bond is connected or not I get the same reading - 100 volts at the hose bib and zero everywhere else.
I bonded the hose bib to the main water service and that fix it but I still do not know why just that hose bib was reading 100 volts. It went through a 2x10 and was mounted to some fake stone on the outside. I did touch the fake stone to ground outside and was getting 24 volts. Why did I do that you say. I don't know.
I thought maybe he was just saying he got shocked so I held on end of the bond wire before I attached it to the the new water service clamp. My conclusion was, he did get shocked... Anybody have this problem??
I removed the water bond at the clamp and tested it to see if it was broke - not broke. Test the other copper in the house with an extension cord and a meter - at the water heater - other hose bibs - the water service - all of them at zero volts. Unfinished basement - I can see the water line to the hose bib with the 100 volts - its about 10 feet from the main water service and runs parallel to two romex wires about a foot away from the 1/2 inch water line. Too far to pick up a field?? It does not matter if the water service bond is connected or not I get the same reading - 100 volts at the hose bib and zero everywhere else.
I bonded the hose bib to the main water service and that fix it but I still do not know why just that hose bib was reading 100 volts. It went through a 2x10 and was mounted to some fake stone on the outside. I did touch the fake stone to ground outside and was getting 24 volts. Why did I do that you say. I don't know.
I thought maybe he was just saying he got shocked so I held on end of the bond wire before I attached it to the the new water service clamp. My conclusion was, he did get shocked... Anybody have this problem??