# grounding **URL:** \ **Category:** Electrical Inspections\ **Created:** [March 4, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/grounding/47458 "2010-03-04T13:33:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tvanvranken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tvanvranken](https://forum.nachi.org/u/tvanvranken)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/grounding/47458/1 "2010-03-04T13:33:46Z")
What is the latest on grounding to the black pipe gas line? I have read numberous articles on do it and don’t do it. Any opinions? Latest inspection had CPVC plumbing, so they bonded the gas line nearest to the panel. ---
**Author:** ![rmeier2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rmeier2/32/59909_2.png) [@rmeier2](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rmeier2)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/grounding/47458/2 "2010-03-04T13:49:07Z")
In many jurisdictions the gas pipe is permitted to be bonded by the appliance that is likely to energize it, such as a gas boiler, stove etc. No further bonding is required. Installing an additional bonding jumper won’t hurt anything either, it’s just not required. Most utilites install a dielelctric gas union at the gas meter to isolate the interior gas piping system from the exterior gas piping system. This keeps the buried portion of the pipe from becoming a grounding electrode. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Port](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jim\_Port](https://forum.nachi.org/u/Jim_Port)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/grounding/47458/3 "2010-03-04T13:53:58Z")
Gas lines are not grounded, they are bonded. Many areas allow the circuit grounding conductor to provide this bond. Others require a separate bond wire run back to the panel. CSST is another animal. I seem to remember that the makers want a bond directly on the CSST, in addition to any on the black iron. ---
**Author:** ![tvanvranken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tvanvranken](https://forum.nachi.org/u/tvanvranken)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/grounding/47458/4 "2010-03-04T14:57:33Z")
Sorry, wrong terminology. It is to be bonded.