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In Reply to: Saying that a simple 1/4" rod driven most of a yard into the ground with a steel connector to grounding wire is fine? posted by Norm on July 4, 2006 at 12:00:43:
...The National Electrical Code is a subchapter of the National Fire Code and is written for insurance companies. It's sole purpose as stated in its first page or two is to assure protection of life and property. It does not guarantee an efficient or even adequate electrical installation, it just promises a safe one. It is adopted into law by most but not all jurisdictions, noteworthy exceptions include New York City which has its own code. The code official who is responsible for enforcement is an excellent source of knowledge because he is not only trained and has his knowledge periodically updated by required additional formal classroom training, in some jurisdictions (I'm sure of NJ) he is also legally liable along with contractors for the consequences of a mistake if he failed to catch it. It's one thing to screw around with audio equipment and blow it up if you don't know what you are doing, but it's quite another when there is the potential for burning down your house and electrocuting your family. Only a fool would take chances in this area if he does not know what he is doing and that includes taking advice from know it all strangers on the internet.
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Follow Ups
- I normally don't respond to your nonsense but in matters of electrical safety.... - Soundmind 14:08:30 07/04/06 (30)
- All I am saying is that code is marginally safe and only when enforced. Going beyond code is better. - Norm 14:44:48 07/04/06 (29)
- Following the code give a much more than a "marginally safe" installation - Soundmind 09:00:03 07/05/06 (8)
- Soundmind, you put too much faith in "code"... - MMasztal 09:27:29 07/05/06 (5)
- And you put too little faith in "code"... - Soundmind 09:53:34 07/05/06 (4)
- You probably don't remember this, but... - kerr 10:34:06 07/05/06 (3)
- Power conditioners should be used to achieve better sound, not correct for errors elsewhere. - clarkjohnsen 10:45:57 07/05/06 (2)
- It didn't do a thing to the sound - kerr 11:59:25 07/05/06 (1)
- "I guess I should consider myself lucky." I guess too... nt - clarkjohnsen 07:27:01 07/06/06 (0)
- Who said anything about ignoring the code? Who are you to say that it is more than marginally safe? Rusted rod is safe? - Norm 09:23:04 07/05/06 (1)
- If the ground rod is corroded, then the correct thing to do is to have it replaced - Soundmind 11:40:28 07/05/06 (0)
- You'd think that your position is unassailable... but, no, not for the ungrateful. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:30:38 07/05/06 (16)
- He's no less of a dunce than you are - Soundmind 09:04:31 07/05/06 (15)
- "You review records for a living." My usual policy is not to respond to lunacy, but here's an exception. - clarkjohnsen 10:41:28 07/05/06 (0)
- The only thing you are not a dunce about is red herring arguments - Norm 09:40:48 07/05/06 (13)
- Oh you audiophile types are so smart...you forget... - Soundmind 10:08:58 07/05/06 (12)
- Another red herring. What does the industry's best efforts have to do with this topic? - Norm 11:17:01 07/05/06 (11)
- I've never put much stock in this old saying but.... - Soundmind 11:58:58 07/05/06 (10)
- If you have no argument to make be insulting. I know this is your credo, but I would have to respect you to care. nt - Norm 12:45:41 07/05/06 (9)
- Exactly. Note too, he could not think how to reply intelligently to my message above. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:17:40 07/06/06 (8)
- Two bricks in an empty steel drum rolling down a hill makes for one hell of a racket ... - Soundmind 09:48:16 07/06/06 (7)
- Like the validity of your advice? Apparently you have noticed that I found most of what you have said to be wrong. nt - Norm 20:35:48 07/06/06 (6)
- You'd find the sun rising in the east wrong if I said it. nt - Soundmind 06:08:25 07/07/06 (5)
- I don't understand your anxiety about electricity or over emphasis on the grounding code, especially given what I havent - Norm 07:03:52 07/07/06 (4)
- You are a nitwit - Soundmind 08:03:44 07/07/06 (3)
- Man, you are worthless and fixated on safety to an abnormal degree. Did you narrowly avoid being electrocuted? - Norm 14:57:50 07/07/06 (2)
- So are those improvements compliant with the code or not? - Pat D 03:53:45 07/12/06 (0)
- A classic example of the ad-hominem fallacy, Norm - real_jj 11:12:07 07/10/06 (0)
- Another thing the code says at the outset is it that it is not a manual for untrained people - Soundmind 04:42:30 07/05/06 (0)
- "only when enforced" Ain't that the truth.. - MMasztal 17:08:25 07/04/06 (1)
- Thanks for the tip - Norm 18:41:04 07/04/06 (0)
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