Water Heater Problems
This photo was taken in the garage of a home that was 15 years old. That is about the life expectancy of a water heater and the original unit had recently been replaced with this nice new one. One small problem, the electrical bonding cable that had likely been attached to the old, black iron gas pipe is now attached to the modern, plastic coated flexible gas line. There is no electrical bonding happening here and the black iron pipe below is not bonded or at the same electrical potential as the other piping in the home. The purpose of bonding...
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