On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:25:49 PDT, Jason Gunthorpe writes: > >On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Roberto Diaz wrote: > >> I really doubt very much that to connect your electric installation to >> your pipes installation is even legal.. ask an insurance company. > >It's common practice around here.. The pipe going out of the house is an >excellent ground. However, if you do it wrong, or the pipe is the wrong >sort you can do all sorts of nasty things to yourself. I've never seen >this sort of connection done using solder, I doubt it wold work. There are >special press connectors that are generally used. Be sure to use green >wire :>
It depends solely on your country´s common practices and local laws. Here in .at it´s forbidden since beginning 2001 to use the plumbing and/ or water systems for grounding since many of the pipes have been replaced by plastic tubes. And yes, that way I myself experienced electric shocks in the shower :( *Not* a nice experience. >That said. Your house should already be well earthed. The 3rd prong on a >plug (the roundish one) is a path the grounding block in a fuse box which >then goes to either a metal pipe (water) or a metal stake. The third prong is afaik a .us-thingie anyway, other countries have other types. >A well built computer should connect all the metal case parts directly to >the ground prong on the outlet, so to dissipate static it is usually >sufficient to touch metal on a computer. Out of experience this isn´t always the case, but the power supply itself is always grounded, so touch the _power supply_ to be on the safe side, not just any metal. cheers, &rw -- -- Echte Maenner (tm) pfeifen in den Telefonhoerer. -- Nikolaus Rath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DASR ----
