Shocked When Touching Bath Faucet

Originally Posted by Bkessler

That is real good info magnetica and thanks for all your posts. You are have always been very informative. And in this situation if the voltage was not eliminated by shutting down the main or finding an individual circuit I would start testing the neutral and call the utility. I was shocked myself real good myself from a water meter jumper about ten years ago and learned real fast what a main neutral can do if it opens up!

Originally Posted by Teetorbilt

I know that some older homes used the copper plumbing as grounds.

Originally Posted by Gatorate

I just finished saying electrical ground has to be bonded to plumbing. Now you argue the plumbing is hot? If the plumbing is bonded properly to ground, it cannot become hot, no matter what fault occurs in the home appliances because plumbing and ground are bonded together.

What if plumbing is not grounded? That was not an option. Copper plumbing is bonded to electrical where it enters the home. Jumpers bypass valves where teflone tape can cause isolation.

NEC 250

Grounding Electrode.....

When you fail to bond grounds together, you place peoples lives at risk. Grounds need to be bonded together at the power entrance to the building. That includes copper plumbing, telephone, satellite dishes etc. If a fault in any appliance can put life in danger, you have failed your job through negligence, because you must anticipate appliances can fail with a short circuit to the grounded appliance cabinet when they have a failure. That is why ground does not have current flow. Power return is through neutral, not ground. A short circuit from hot to ground in any appliance should blow the breaker, not light up the house plumbing and make it live. You think what you like. Remind me not to touch a toaster oven and metal sink in your home!

The only way anyone can get a tingle from touching a plumbing fixture while standing on the floor is if someone has done a negligent job.