Re: Panel Grounding vs. Lightning Rod Grounding

On Oct 2, 7:17ï¿½pm, "Bob F" <bobnos...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> "Jim" <alarmi...@aol.com> wrote in message
>
> news:30d1957f-dd5c-428c-a488-29f152ead6db@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
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> Please indicate exactly where I said ..... don't ground a panel.
>
> To help you out ...... the gist of my opinion is ............. in my
> experience, it doesn't seem to make a difference whether a panel is
> gounded or not. In 40 years of installing I've had both grounded and
> ungrounded panels damaged by lightning. Matter of fact, just had
> another one yesterday. Panel grounded to cold water pipe not more than
> 10 feet away. Damaged by lightning.
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> And how was the cold water pipe grounded?

In this area, we have city water which comes into the premise along
with the power lines, telephone service and cable TV wires. I tried to
trace it back to the telephone pole and down the street to the
plumbing NIC in order to find out, but I lost track of it amoungst all
the other pipes and wires. So I finaly called the water company and
they said that the end of the pipe is up in Poughkeepsie NY at a
reservoir someplace.

That's about as close as I can come to an exact location.
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