Robc0367
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Hello Everyone,
I hope this is in the right forum to post this question.
The previous owners of our house replaced the well pump a few years before we bought the house. Who ever installed the pump ran new pipe from the well to inside the house. They cut off and capped the old pipe leaving just a 4" stub sticking into the basement. This is where the ground wire from the electric panel is connected. The new piping is a mix of plastic and a metal going to the pressure tank. Since there is plastic piping in the mix, I'm assuming that all the pluming in the house in no longer connected to earth ground.
Is this a potential problem? If it is a problem, can I run a "jumper" from the old pipe to a place on the piping after the plastic?
I hope this make sense to someone. Thanks in advance for your help.
Rob
I hope this is in the right forum to post this question.
The previous owners of our house replaced the well pump a few years before we bought the house. Who ever installed the pump ran new pipe from the well to inside the house. They cut off and capped the old pipe leaving just a 4" stub sticking into the basement. This is where the ground wire from the electric panel is connected. The new piping is a mix of plastic and a metal going to the pressure tank. Since there is plastic piping in the mix, I'm assuming that all the pluming in the house in no longer connected to earth ground.
Is this a potential problem? If it is a problem, can I run a "jumper" from the old pipe to a place on the piping after the plastic?
I hope this make sense to someone. Thanks in advance for your help.
Rob