Do you have to use bare copper wire to ground the water main to the mgn

lineman97 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Apr 5, 2010, 08:35 PM

Do you have to use bare copper wire to ground the water main to the mgn

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Stratmando Posts: 11,188, Reputation: 508

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Apr 5, 2010, 08:48 PM

Down here we run a #6 THHN/THWN Stranded from the panel to the Water Heater Cold and attach with a Ground Clamp.

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