On: The 5 foot ground rod and its use in the National Electric Code (2018)

[bcrosby95]

> where someone felt it was satisfactory to clamp a single wire to the water line. I’ve seen this numerous times.

Our house was built in the 70's and that is what we used to have. After we upgraded our panel though we got not 1, but 2 grounding rods.

[mturmon → bcrosby95]

According to this thread [1], it was the 1978 code that required a dedicated grounding electrode.

That's 40 years ago, but of course many houses have not been upgraded since then, and some localities might not have adopted the 1978 NEC until later.

[1] https://forums.mikeholt.com/forum/active-forums/nec/86062-co...

[mattrp → bcrosby95]

2 is what I’ve installed in the houses I’ve renovated. It’s just not worth the risk to your electronics and home itself to cheap out on proper electrical in your house. Particularly if you’re one of those people with a 12 core 20tb dell r720 in the basement.