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price1984
Jul 20, 2012, 04:18 PM
My cable and phone grounding wire are on the side of the house and my electrical panel in the rear of the house. My electrical panel is grounded to a rod located just outside. A second ground wire is attached from the inside panel to a gas line which runs over to where the cable and phone ground wire enter onto the crawl space. The phone and cable ground wire are attached to the gas line. I don't think this is acceptable. I also need to reroute the gas line. How would I safley ground the cable and phone ground wires?

mike 165278
Jul 28, 2012, 06:16 PM
Drive another ground rod, and pick up an acorn to attach the ground wire to the ground rod.

donf
Jul 29, 2012, 06:42 PM
How old is your home?

You never ground your electrical service to a gas line. This is a very serious code violatiion!

You always "Bond" pipes together so that they are all at the same potemtial.

If you are not sure what you have then get a licensed electrician out to inspect the connections.