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Old 2-Sep-2015, 3:00 PM   #51
rabbit73
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You have done the most important thing when you grounded the coax with a grounding block, to protect yourself from leakage current shock if any of the AC equipment that is connected to the coax becomes defective. The code also requires that the mast is grounded by a separate 10 gauge wire connected to the house electrical system ground.



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Right now the wires come in the front of my house and are grounded to the water pipe there. Looking at the ground in my electrical panel it seems to hook up to my water line there ( I am sure this is not to code anymore but it may have been when the house was built)
Probably OK
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