Bonding metal piping and structural metal (non electrodes)

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bstivason

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San Antonio
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Electrician/Construction Manager
good morning,

im sure this is a novice question, but if i have to bond a sprinkler pipe, copper water pipe and gas pipe, is this conductor allowed to be continuous and hit each one? More specifically, i require a 1/0 CU bonding jumper to bond my metal water pipes (sprinkler and domestic) can i bond these with 1 single conductor that is continuous. I can not seem to find anything saying yay or nay regarding this, im sure its operator error. Any help or guidance is much appreciated
 

mwm1752

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Aspen, Colo
I'd say your water piping is part of the electrode system, gas bonding other that the CSST requirement is bonded thru the branch circuit for the appliance & cannot be part of the electrode system, & yes to sprinkler piping. Though there are many ways to achieve your stated goal.
 

bstivason

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thanks for the response. the water piping does not meet the requirements to be an electrode, its is above ceiling copper piping, the water coming in from the city is a plastic pipe. the only electrodes on this old building are the 2 rods i put in the ground. so the conductor i want to use to bond the metal piping in the building is not going to be sized as a GEC but as a bonding jumper. Since they are not electrodes, i wanted to just run 1 conductor and have it hit both sprinkler and water pipe. my gas pipe will bond elsewhere.
 
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