Re: why ground an alarm panel.

[Mike Sokoly <secure15@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill wrote:
> FYI - A good electrical service grounding system has a cold water pipe
> ground, a separate ground wire from the main electrical panel going to two
> ground rods placed 6 ft. apart, a grounding jumper between the hot and cold
> water pipes at the water heater, and a grounding jumper connecting the in
> and out pipes at the water meter.
>
>
Good quick example of a Proper System, Bill

Now- Does anyone think that you HAVE to run a wire to the ground rod to
GORUND your alarm panel?
CAN you run to the cold water pipe?
CAN you run to the Service disconnect?
CAN you run to the grounding electrode CONDUCTOR?
CAN you run to the grounding ELECTRODE?
CAN you run to YOUR OWN supplememtary electrode with certain qualifications?

Let's have some discourse on the above!



BONDING and GROUNDING are NOT the Same thing!
How About:

Why does Elk make a Class II Transformer with a CENTER GROUNDING
Terminal? Presumably for powering ALARM CONTROL PANELS?
Can IT be Used with a Grounding conductor to satisfy the requirements?
And where do we hook the other end of that wire up to?