RE: My new house in NM has flexible plastic pipes.

Posted by jea48 (A) on October 5, 2008 at 11:47:28

In Reply to: My new house in NM has flexible plastic pipes. posted by Norm on October 4, 2008 at 06:33:46:

Norm probably the easiest way to find what your home should have for earth grounding is to contact your local government Building Inspection Department. Ask for Electrical Inspection. Just let them know you are interested in knowing what the required earth Grounding Electrode/s was required for your home at the time the home was built. You will need to know the year the home was built.
You could also call an Electrical contractor from your area. Depending on the contractor he may only charge a one or two hour service charge to come to your home to verify exactly what you have and check the terminations at both ends of the ground wire/s (Grounding Electrode Conductor/s) that connects the Grounding Electrode/s to the main service entrance neutral.

If your house was built around 1978 or newer I would bet your home has a minimum of (2) earth Grounding Electrodes.

Below is a Link that may help for your area. Scroll down and check out Article 250.

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Topic - Should I re-ground? - RickeyM 09:46:50 09/26/08 (19)

RE: Should I re-ground? - jea48 22:04:19 09/26/08 (13)

My new house in NM has flexible plastic pipes. - Norm 06:33:46 10/04/08 (4)

RE: My new house in NM has flexible plastic pipes. - jea48 11:47:28 10/05/08 (3)

It was built in 2002. - Norm 05:42:56 10/06/08 (2)

RE: It was built in 2002. - KLS 12:39:05 10/10/08 (1)

I doubt if it can be used as a ground. nt - Norm 12:59:32 10/14/08 (0)

RE: Should I re-ground? - Slick 11:43:06 09/28/08 (5)

Nice post.... But please reread my first post before responding to this one. - jea48 22:25:12 09/28/08 (1)

RE: Nice post.... But please reread my first post before responding to this one. - Slick 04:51:24 09/29/08 (0)

Friendly counterpoint - cdb 13:47:13 09/28/08 (2)

RE: Friendly counterpoint - Slick 04:44:35 09/29/08 (1)

RE: "...our local jurisdictions require..." - cdb 19:09:07 09/29/08 (0)

RE: 2 rod electrodes - cdb 12:04:34 09/27/08 (0)

The issue of audio performance and the safety-earth impedance. - Al Sekela 11:33:04 09/27/08 (0)

There should be one there already - Russ57 13:51:00 09/26/08 (0)

Hire a qualified electrician. - Al Sekela 11:46:28 09/26/08 (3)

RE: Hire a qualified electrician. - RickeyM 20:43:31 09/26/08 (0)

RE: Hire a qualified electrician. - sailor321 13:02:56 09/26/08 (1)

RE: Hire a qualified electrician. - Melchior 11:09:07 09/27/08 (0)

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RE: My new house in NM has flexible plastic pipes. - jea48 11:47:28 10/05/08 (3)

It was built in 2002. - Norm 05:42:56 10/06/08 (2)

RE: It was built in 2002. - KLS 12:39:05 10/10/08 (1)

I doubt if it can be used as a ground. nt - Norm 12:59:32 10/14/08 (0)

RE: My new house in NM has flexible plastic pipes.

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