Bonding Jumper Water Heater

If it cannot reasonably be concluded that the hot and cold water pipes are reliably interconnected an electrical bonding jumper is required to ensure that this connection is made.

Bonding jumper water heater.

Copper conductor 6 awg included. When in use the bonding wire can serve two purposes. It is not required by the national electrical code but many plumbers will install a bonding wire even when it is not required. Product can be used with residential water heaters.

The blackburn water heater grounding kit comes with two brass ground clamps. Some local codes require a unique fitting on water heaters connected with copper pipes known as a bonding wire. This bonding is essential to maintain continuous ground path. This is a requirement by code in new jersey and some other local codes across the country.

Kit includes two brass ground clamps and copper conductor. Product also includes copper conductor. Most electricians automatically bond the cold water line but do not ensure that the cold and the hot water lines are metallically interconnected through mixing valves in the plumbing fixtures. The bonding wire is a unique part in that some plumbers recommend them and some do not.

Plumber during future repair work. Residential water heater use. The jumper protects the technician from becoming energized by improper current on the system ground by forcing the current to go through it. Also a jumper should be on the pressure reducer valve for the same reason.

Brass ground clamps included. The reason the hot and cold lines are jumped bonded at the hot water tank is to protect mr. Some judgment must be exercised for each installation. The bonding wire can redirect a small electrical current that passes through the copper piping to the steel fittings of the water heater.

Bonding jumpers shall be of copper or other corrosion resistant material have approved clamping devices and be of the correct wire gauge for the service installed. The southwire water heater grounding kit is designed for residential water heater use but can be used across any continuity break in residential plumbing.