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View Poll Results: Which of the following should NOT be electrically bonded in a manufacture home
Metal siding 14 30.43%
Chassis 4 8.70%
Neutral and ground 26 56.52%
Water piping 2 4.35%
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Old 1/13/06, 8:42 AM
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Hi to all,

Here is todays question

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Old 1/13/06, 9:02 AM
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Do you mean a trailer or mobile home? Around here a manufactured home usually refers to a modular home.
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Hi Matthew,

The term manufactured home relates to any steel chassis factory built structure installed after June of 1976, prior to that these structures were called modile homes, a trailer is something towed behind a truck it isn't a home.

A modular home is a factory stick built structure without a seperate chassis, and falls under local building codes not HUD codes.

BTW could you please edit your post as not to give away the correct answer until tomorrow.

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Gerry, well
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Gerry, well
Todd, well what ??

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well you cannot bond the water pipes cause they're plastic, which is nice if they freeze in the winter; they just swell. How come the siding on my house is bonded? I checked it when I installed a new flood light. Is it a bad thing to use it as the third wire ground?

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Hi to all


Quote:
well you cannot bond the water pipes cause they're plastic, which is nice if they freeze in the winter; they just swell.
George, not all manufactured homes have plastic pipes


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How come the siding on my house is bonded? I checked it when I installed a new flood light.
I presume it to be a metal sided structure, in which case this is correct.

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Is it a bad thing to use it as the third wire ground?
As Jerry Peck would say, "Yes", bonding should not take the place of an intentional ground.

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Todd, well what ??

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Well what

At leaste you responded

This was only a test.
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Hi to all,

The correct answer to this question is:

Neutral and Ground

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Gerry

BTW Todd, this is not a test it's real life


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[/QUOTE] BTW Todd, this is not a test it's real life [QUOTE]

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