Look at the discoloration around the joint, may be nothing, but the insulation covers the rest of the pipe and makes it hard to see if that is a sign of pitting/corrosion, or just some slop from the solder. The pvc on the left even odder - usually when you see that much drippy glue someone tried to patch a leak from the outside, which never lasts long.
As for the ground, guessing this is in proximity to your water heater. Some like to make sure the water heater ground spans both the hot and cold line.
Yep, grounding clamps. Usually, an electrician will only ground to one pipe run. I bet one of those runs does not actually reach "ground", so the electrician bounded them together.
Look like electrical grounding clamps
Good grounds of metallic pipe causes an electrical fault to the pipe to pop a breaker, not a human. It is electrical code.
Electrical ‘bonding’ for your hot and cold supply lines
Right, bonding, not grounding. This is typically done at the water heater since you have hot, cold, and gas piping all in one place.
The pipe on the left looks suspect
How come? What’s setting off your alarm bells?
Look at the discoloration around the joint, may be nothing, but the insulation covers the rest of the pipe and makes it hard to see if that is a sign of pitting/corrosion, or just some slop from the solder. The pvc on the left even odder - usually when you see that much drippy glue someone tried to patch a leak from the outside, which never lasts long. As for the ground, guessing this is in proximity to your water heater. Some like to make sure the water heater ground spans both the hot and cold line.
Yep, grounding clamps. Usually, an electrician will only ground to one pipe run. I bet one of those runs does not actually reach "ground", so the electrician bounded them together.
Thanks! Very helpful. I do have a garbage disposal so it’s prob that
Cool thanks!
Ground wire for electric
This application overtime, will cause electrolyses of the copper pipe hence pitting an leaking copper pipe.