Bonding Jumper Water Heater

The bonding wire is a unique part in that some plumbers recommend them and some do not.

Bonding jumper water heater.

Also a jumper should be on the pressure reducer valve for the same reason. Kit includes two brass ground clamps and copper conductor. Brass ground clamps included. The southwire water heater grounding kit is designed for residential water heater use but can be used across any continuity break in residential plumbing.

The blackburn water heater grounding kit comes with two brass ground clamps. If this jumper wire is not present or is not properly connected on either side of the water meter or only the street side when the water pipes are pex or similar materials or is not installed with approved materials mark as rre. This bonding jumper is sized using the same section and table used for the grounding electrode conductor for the service. 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. The reason the hot and cold lines are jumped bonded at the hot water tank is to protect mr. The jumper protects the technician from becoming energized by improper current on the system ground by forcing the current to go through it. Copper conductor 6 awg included.

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. Some judgment must be exercised for each installation. 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. This is a requirement by code in new jersey and some other local codes across the country.

When in use the bonding wire can serve two purposes. The bonding wire can redirect a small electrical current that passes through the copper piping to the steel fittings of the water heater. Slow down corrosion of the water heater. Product also includes copper conductor.

Product can be used with residential water heaters. 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.