Doug Lindsey
New member
- Location
- Arizona
My Question is; In Nogales, Az (where I have retired to) When upgrading the service entrance up to 200amps@240volts they require grounding and bonding of water pipes in the older homes however, they do not require rewire of home (no matter if the wiring is old knob and tube which some homes still have here on the border) Now if you bond or ground water pipes and someone using a hairdryer (example) with a bad or "open" conductor and they touch it and grab a metal faucit handle they obviously will get a shock. This is where the NEC in my opinion falls short. I feel when you bond, ground or upgrade the service to a home I feel at a minimum GFIC's should be installed per NEC however in Nogales the City does not require this BUT they require bonding and grounding (as they should) per NEC 2005 Maybe Im missing something here but for a house to qualify for a panel upgrade they should at minumum require GFIC's also since bonding and grounding of pipes is required right?