Bonding connector

[darekelec]

Good morning.
Does this connector for bonding Verizon fios to GEC need to have insulation taken off from GEC in order to make contact or does it have teeth that penetrate insulation like 'Insul eater connectors' .
I saw it on friends 1 family home in NJ.
Thank you.



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[big john]

I'm gonna save that picture, if that tells you anything... They may make non-insulated piercing tap connectors, but I've never seen one, and that definitely isn't one: It was just installed by a really lazy phone guy.

 

[ActionDave]

Where's one of those inter system bonding connectors when you really need it?

 

[mjf]

Nice job of the electrician too....looks like the drywall screw securing the clamp is not of the outdoor rated type.

 

[MechEdetour]

Solid. :slaphead:

 

[1964element]

That is self piercing

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[1964element]

Self piercing

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[tom baker]

Where does the large green conductor go?
A four ft ground rod perhaps?

 

[darekelec]

Where does the large green conductor go?
A four ft ground rod perhaps?

Yes, a G-rod. I didn't check how long.
Coming from meter can.

 

[mjf]

Self piercing

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totally disagree.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

The insulation needs to be removed, IMO

 

[mjf]

My father in law worked for the telephone company. I'm holding one of those clamps in my hand. It is NOT self piercing.

Why did the phone guy remove the insulation off of his own bonding conductor?????

 

[big john]

...Why did the phone guy remove the insulation off of his own bonding conductor?

I wondered that too. It's like he got half-way through the task and just said "Ah, the hell with this!"

 

[Carultch]

A four ft ground rod perhaps?

Was that a joke?

 

[darekelec]

5 ft rod is min what telephone guy can use.
the reason for shorter rod was that they used to haul a 5 ft trailer.

 

[iwire]

5 ft rod is min what telephone guy can use.
the reason for shorter rod was that they used to haul a 5 ft trailer.

I am going to say that sounds like one of those trade myths.

 

[darekelec]

I am going to say that sounds like one of those trade myths.

Thats what Mike Holt teaches in his 2008 video about article 800.
Here's a photo of the trailer

 

[iwire]

Thats what Mike Holt teaches in his 2008 video about article 800.
Here's a photo of the trailer

Yet it has a roof rack that could handle 8' rods.

Well it sure sounds like a dubious 'fact' that they would adjust the length of a safety device just for the reason of fitting it in a trailer.

But I have no way to prove otherwise.

 

[JFletcher]

I havent done much residential communications work, but I was under the impression that driving your own rod far away from the electrical panel rods could create ground loops/voltage gradients/other bad things, and that the ground(s) had to run back to the panel or its ground rods?