TL;DR
A bonding clamp is the listed metal clamp that grips a pipe, rod, or equipment frame to connect a bonding conductor, tying metal systems such as gas piping, water piping, or pool components into the building's grounding system so everything sits at the same electrical potential. Codes require bonding CSST gas lines, metallic water piping, and all metal within 5 feet of a pool, each with clamps rated for the environment, direct-burial types where buried, and sized conductors.
What it means
A bonding clamp is the listed metal clamp that grips a pipe, rod, or equipment frame to connect a bonding conductor, tying metal systems such as gas piping, water piping, or pool components into the building's grounding system so everything sits at the same electrical potential. Codes require bonding CSST gas lines, metallic water piping, and all metal within 5 feet of a pool, each with clamps rated for the environment, direct-burial types where buried, and sized conductors. The clamp must bite clean metal, not paint or corrosion, and stay accessible where required. A loose or missing one leaves stray voltage with no safe path, a hazard that energized-pool incidents trace back to.
Where it sits in the glossary
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Why Ohio homeowners should know it
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