Locale: WA State, U.S.
Inspector approved gas plumbing and followed up later, saying:
"Please note that we will be verifying the bonding of the new gas piping at the next inspection, please contact L&I for any questions regarding electrical. "
Gas plumbing will be connected to tankless water heater via flex hose. I'm assuming the flex hose doesn't count as proper bonding for the gas plumbing. So can I run a ground wire from the electrical outlet where the gas water heater will be plugged in or even bond to the water heater directly (since it is grounded via outlet plug)?
Best Answer
Grounding and bonding is a whole chapter in NEC. They're not all just the same thing.
Not least, every house has 2 different networks:
The gas main should be bonded to the house's Grounding Electrode System.
It definitely should not be connected to any part of the Equipment Safety Ground network that serves subpanels and appliances.