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    Dec 11, 2010, 11:27 AM
    I have 120 volts coming off gas meter
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    Dec 11, 2010, 11:30 AM

    We need more information, please.

    Where do you see the voltage and how are you measuring the voltage.

    Also, has any plumbing repair been done lately.
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    Dec 11, 2010, 11:33 AM
    Not a good situation. What made you test for voltage?
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    Dec 11, 2010, 11:44 AM
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    Are pipes froze so we went under to take them out and it started to schock us so I called are light company comed and they did some text and they are the ones how told us that, and about the pluming we just redid are hole bathroom 5 monthe ago
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    Dec 11, 2010, 11:49 AM

    Your old plumbing may have been used as a ground. Does the new plumbing continue to use metal piping or did it switch over to PVC, CPVC or PEX?
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    Dec 11, 2010, 11:57 AM
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    Voltage reads 120 outside at gas meter light company came out tested it if you touch it you get shocked.
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    Dec 11, 2010, 12:00 PM
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    Getting shocked at meter
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    Dec 11, 2010, 12:01 PM

    What Don and I need to know is if you put a test lead on the meter what are you grounding the other lead to?
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    Dec 11, 2010, 12:07 PM
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    Stuck a rod in ground
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    Dec 11, 2010, 12:11 PM

    Please call a pro IMMEDIATELY! This is not something you should be messing with.
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    Dec 11, 2010, 12:15 PM
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    Do I have bad ground
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    Dec 11, 2010, 02:33 PM

    Not something for the average homeowner to work on. I think you may have lost your neutral or even have a short.
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    Dec 12, 2010, 05:51 AM

    There are several possibilities, none of which you have time to play with.

    120V on your gas main is an explosion waiting to happen!!
    Get a licensed electrician out to correct the failure.

    It may be as simple as a broken bonding jumper, although I doubt that, but the risk of explosion and fire are way to high for you to chance trying to correct the failure.
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