That would be refreshing.Now let’s open our minds and play out a scenario without any discussion but on the subject in this little project.
Because the metal pipe was removed, there is no longer the need for the jumper to cure the RFI that was the reason this particular jumper was placed. The fact that it can prevent some water heater corrosion was lost on me at the time the jumper was placed, but those currents also got removed when the jumper was placed. However with the CPVC, those currents still not occur, so that problem was taken care of too.In June finishing my new home and the electrician has installed a bond between the hot and cold at the water heater in the crawl space of my new home. I wake up on Christmas morning with a present of a busted pipe and the pipe that is open is just above the bonding jumper. I call a plumber out and he repairs the pipe using CPVC which is legal by the plumbing code. Now explain just what that bonding jumper is doing other than taking up space.
What is this "landing" word? (seriously) What is this "bonding" word? Is a metal strap holding up a metal pipe "bonded" What if that strap holds up two metal pipe... OH Ohhh... Gotta run a wire from that strap to a "landing"? (semi-seriously) Sheesh. Is your bonded connection ever thermite welded (not seriously), as it is often actually is in modern communication tower work?It is because of this legal plumbing repair that the landing of the EGC for a three wire receptacle was removed from the NEC in the late 1970s. Should the plumber repair the metal water pipe with this legal manner then the EGC path would be lost just as that silly bond would be lost.
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