cover image: FACT SHEET - ELECTRICAL BONDING OF GAS PIPING SYSTEMS WHAT IS AN ELECTRICAL BOND?

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FACT SHEET - ELECTRICAL BONDING OF GAS PIPING SYSTEMS WHAT IS AN ELECTRICAL BOND?

19 Oct 2017

The user should consult a competent professional and be thoroughly familiar with all applicable local codes, 7.12.2.3 The length of the jumper between the connection to the gas specific manufacturer’s installation instructions and the piping system and the grounding electrode system shall not exceed 75 ft (22 m). [...] Each aboveground A direct bond consists of a listed grounding clamp and portion of a gas piping system other than CSST that is likely to separate conductor run from the gas piping to the grounding become energized shall be electrically continuous and bonded to electrode system. [...] The NFGC and the appliance manufacturer’s instructions require that the appliance’s grounding conductor Regardless of the bonding method selected, the gas piping be installed and sized in accordance with the National system must be electrically continuous to bond an entire Electric Code and Table 250.122. [...] When appliances are connected to the gas include: piping system using a flexible metal gas appliance connector, the connector has been found to provide an adequate • Electrical service enclosure, or electrical connection between the appliance and the gas • Grounded conductor at the electrical service, or piping, and have been considered sufficient to meet the • Grounding electrode conductor, or NE. [...] Grounding Electrode Conductor: A conductor used to connect the system grounded conductor or the appliance to a grounding electrode or to a point on the grounding electrode system.

Authors

Cabot, Paul

Pages
3
Published in
United States of America