Originally Posted By: rray
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For our California and, I think, Oregon and Washington folks, this picture shows seismic strapping on the water heater. Unfortunately, the seismic strapping is connected with a piece of electric wire to the gas supply line. I guess this guy really wanted to make sure that if his home was damaged in an earthquake, it was going to be totally damaged; he wanted a brand new house.
http://www.nachi.org/bbsystem/usrimages/WHseismic.jpg
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