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Originally Posted by West Coast GTO
The photo shows an acorn type clamp connecting the ground rod to the grounding conductor. If you are going to cover with concrete, the connection should be accessible ( they sell small round pre-cast concrete sleeves and covers or plastic sleeve and cover at electrical supply stores or you can have an electrician permanently connect rod to wire with an exothermic weld called Cad Weld) If you have two wires going into your electrical box, then the other wire should be connected to a cold water pipe via another rod/ clamp/ wire connection OR be connected to to the concrete footing rebar in a Ufer connection. BTW, if you see bare wires connecting water heater water piping ( and maybe also connecting to a visible gas line) , those are bond wires and not grounding electrode conductors.
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Thanks West coast...………..not sure how pre-cast sleeves and covers are gonna look like in the concrete patio deck...……...im thinking of just getting a new rod or two installed elsewhere on the side of the house...……..any thoughts on this.
Rich