Well...tuff question I guess.Does the 2002 NEC allow a cold water pipe(beyond 5ft from the point of entrance to the building) for connection of a grounding conductor?
The definition of equipment grounding conductor is "The conductor used to connect non-current-carrying metal parts of equipment,raceways, and other enclosures to the system grounded conductor ,the grounding electrode conductor, or both, at the service equipment or at the source of a seperately derived system"
The wording "at the service equipment" or "at the source of a seperately derived system" implies that equipment grounding conductors must be run to the service equipment.
250.130 instructs on how the connection shall be made.
My answer is NO the 2002 Nec doesn't allow the connection to a metal water pipe beyond 5ft of the point of entrance of that pipe to the building.
The instruction with the alarm panel must be outdated.
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