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I am replacing my water main with PEX plastic pipe. My house is plumbed with copper pipes. The old polybutylene pipe I am replacing was connected to about 5 feet of copper that extended under the ground right outside of the foundation. This was one source of a leak that prompted this water pipe replacement. I am assuming this copper pipe is part of the grounding system for the house as the electric panel box on the other side of the house is connected to the cold water pipe with copper wire and a clamp. There is also one ground rod outside of the panel box on that other side of the house. I want to run the PEX straight from the water main and through the foundation and eliminate that underground water connection.
My question is: should I put a ground rod where the water main comes through the foundation and connect it with copper wire to the copper pipes in the crawspace to replace the loss of the copper tubing that was under the ground?
Thanks for your input.
Mike
I am replacing my water main with PEX plastic pipe. My house is plumbed with copper pipes. The old polybutylene pipe I am replacing was connected to about 5 feet of copper that extended under the ground right outside of the foundation. This was one source of a leak that prompted this water pipe replacement. I am assuming this copper pipe is part of the grounding system for the house as the electric panel box on the other side of the house is connected to the cold water pipe with copper wire and a clamp. There is also one ground rod outside of the panel box on that other side of the house. I want to run the PEX straight from the water main and through the foundation and eliminate that underground water connection.
My question is: should I put a ground rod where the water main comes through the foundation and connect it with copper wire to the copper pipes in the crawspace to replace the loss of the copper tubing that was under the ground?
Thanks for your input.
Mike