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grounding pneumatic piping
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grounding pneumatic piping

grounding pneumatic piping

(OP)
Has anyone had to ground a pneumatic piping system
with shrink wrapped rubber couplings?  I have to figure out an
way to bypass all the rubber joints (hundreds of them) with jumpers.
We also wish not to disturb the integrity of the piping system, so drilling and tapping the pipes will have to be done from one side only, if the client wants to go that route.
Is there an aproved fastener that will anchor a jumper cable, be electrically conductive, and hermetically seal the hole it is in?
I am suggesting using water pipe clamps-one on each side of the shrink wrapped rubber coupling-and a length of jumper cable (probably tinned copper braid) to jump it.  The pipes are of a varying diameter-2"-4") and 16 guage thickness.  They are coated with zinc galzinization.

RE: grounding pneumatic piping


BJC, that's a good point.  For electrostatic currents, plastic cable times may even do the job.
  

RE: grounding pneumatic piping

Suggestion: Visit
http://www.infras.gov.ab.ca/content/doctype486/Production/15917b.doc
for paragraph 3.5 which includes a principle that can be used for the pneumatic conduit
Essentially, the pneumatic conduit is grounded via the equipment grounding method. It is grounded by bonding pneumatic conduits rather than running a separate conductor.

RE: grounding pneumatic piping

(OP)

The GS4T50
BURNDY adjustable ground straps look like an idea to explore. How do they work?  Do you wrap them around the pipe and torque them down? Then, how do you atach the cable?  I imagine adjustable strape will do the trick for static electricity.  I also imagine they will be far less expensive than 40 dollar apiece clamps.

RE: grounding pneumatic piping


If it's not any sort of critical application, get some $1 aerosol or worm-drive clamps from a hardware store.  
   

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