Originally posted by Dspark:
My take on gas pipe bonding is:
It's required by the NEC.
I do it. If I don't do it, fault current will run through the gas line anyway, but instead via a hazardous circuit.
If necessary, I'll put it where the the gas company won't easily find it. If they do disconnect it, it's their liability. If I don't install it, its my liability.
As a result of the above, I install a bonding jumper to the steel gas pipe (premises side, of course).
DSPARk;
I agree with everything you said, although I never heard of the gas company disconnecting them.
When it first came out in '99 the first service upgrade I did, I bonded the gas line as required in the code. the inspector promptly called me and asked me," why did You bond the gas line" and replied well thats what the code says to do, he said we are not going to do that in our area.
In October '99 I went to my state required code classes for 10 hours CEUs, and the inspector there said you must bbond to the gas line, so go figure.
