In , on 10/21/05 
   at 10:10 AM, "Phil Kane"  typed:

>  That is an alternative scheme, but it then depends on how good a
>  ground the water pipe is.  It's OK for signal ground and to some
>  extent for electrical leakage ground, but it's not the best nor
>  safest for a lightning protection ground.

And I've seen a phone ground wire attached to a copper water pipe that
didn't even go into the earth.  It went to the pump tank, and the line
from the pump (submersible) to the tank was plastic.
 
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