Bonding electric water heater

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bmarkie

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I am a retired disabled electrician/homeowner. Recently I had my water heater replaced with a electric replacing gas and had a professional electrician do the job since I am no longer able to stand for any length of time.
The electrician ran a 30 amp circuit with #10 wires a distance of 12 feet. So there is a lot of people calling for the hot and cold pipes to be bonded but since it is not requires where I live most dont do it.
In my situation I have pex all over. There a #10 solid copper wire from panel from the panel to two ground rods at the side of the house and one grounded on the gas pipe.
From the water heater 3/4" copper pipes go up 18" and then transition to pex. There is no need to bond the pipes but just for my peace of mind and since I dont think it would cause any problems, I was thinking of running a #10 solid ground wire from the hot and cold pipes to the ground rods.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
 
So your concern is the 18" of copper pipe? The NEC doesn't require any bonding and I personally wouldn't waste the time or money to do it.
 
bmarkie said:
In my situation I have pex all over. There a #10 solid copper wire from panel from the panel to two ground rods at the side of the house and one grounded on the gas pipe.
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They seem way undersized, unless you have a very small service.
 
ramsy said:
422.31(B) is not usually enforced.
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Lots of codes was not enforced like simple stuff like grounding if switches and receptacles.They just tie all the ground wires together and stick them in the back of the box.I had to ground receptacles and switches myself. I don't get it, the wires are present in the box, why not connect it on the ground screw.
 
bmarkie said:
Lots of codes was not enforced ..I had to ground receptacles and switches myself. I don't get it, the wires are present in the box, why not connect it on the ground screw.
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During the 2008 recession local government's in my State furloughed electrical inspectors, and ultimately replaced them with combination inspectors, and owner-builder signatures indemnifying the AHJ during the permit process.

Other States may call them general inspectors, since they are not specialized with the adopted electrical code, much less without plans to follow.

The insurance industry also became more active in code-making processes, and inserted themselves as AHJ's, to spread liability around to other parties.

During casualty claims, insurance investigators know the difference between existing construction & monkey business, which installs un-insurable hazards.

Hopefully you got a certificate of additionally insured from your contractors general liability policy.
 
ramsy said:
During the 2008 recession local government's in my State furloughed electrical inspectors, and ultimately replaced them with combination inspectors, and owner-builder signatures indemnifying the AHJ during the permit process.

Other States may call them general inspectors, since they are not specialized with the adopted electrical code, much less without plans to follow.

The insurance industry also became more active in code-making processes, and inserted themselves as AHJ's, to spread liability around to other parties.

During casualty claims, insurance investigators know the difference between existing construction & monkey business, which installs un-insurable hazards.

Hopefully you got a certificate of additionally insured from your contractors general liability policy.
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The same thing here in South Carolina after 2008. They were sending out like for example a plumbing inspector ( I kid you not) to inspect other trades for which they know nothing.
All I can say it was inspected by an inspector and passed.
 
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