Cable TV Grounding

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no permits required.we are required to follow code but no one ever checks. That is why you see such poor work. Why follow the rules if no one ever checks is the attitude with alot of installers.Quite frankly with the pay scale the dish people offer trying to follow the rules cost the installer $$.We get a set pay per install we pay for the material and time. I have yet to see any provision at the panel or outside for my ground hookup. I usually have to try to dig for the bare copper or use one of those clamps.Alot of times its harder on the new installs becouse everything is nice and neat all in pvc pipe outside going right into the pannel.So finding a ground for us guys then looks ugly.If there is a code to provide a ground for us its not being followed here.
 
stickboy1375 said:
NEC 2005, You only need to be within 5' if it is a GEC
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We're talking about Cable TV Grounding. The idea has been brought up that metal water piping anywhere in the house can be used for this grounding. While that may have been true prior to the 2002 NEC, it is not true under the 2002 or 2005 NEC. In the 2005 NEC, 820.100 covers the grounding method allowed. 820.100(B)(1) lists what the grounding conductor may be connected to. The only metal water piping listed is in item 2 of that list and must be within 5 ft from the entrance of the piping into the building.
 
2. Interior metal water pipe meeting the requirements of Section 250-104(a). The limitation of 5 feet in Section 250-50 does not apply.

Doesnt that say it does not apply?

Never mind I found it... thanks for the correction...
 
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stickboy1375 said:
The limitation of 5 feet in Section 250-50 does not apply.
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I don't have my copy of the 2005 Code with me, but that sentence does not appear in the 1999 Code in 810 nor in 820, from what I can see. Was it added later?
 
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