On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:17:17 +1100 Matthew Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (In the > UK where I served my apprenticeship, we were required to provide earth > bonding to the copper plumbing system, additional bonding at every > exposed fitting - this caused a few issues when plumbers first starting > using PVC pipes)... The US National Electrical Code (which has no national force of law; it's a model code voluntarily adopted by many jurisdictions) now bars grounding to pipes except within (as I recall) six feet of where the pipe enters the building, for precisely that reason.
