I recently moved into a new apartment and I have a dog that roams the space freely, I was wondering if it was at all dangerous if he were to touch this grounding conductor from the electricity meters?
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Best Answer
The copper rod looks like a grounding conductor, typically located outdoors amd pounded 8 feet into the earth.
In some juristictions newer code allows (or even prefers) the rebar frame within the foundation to be used as a source of ground instead; this conductor could be connected to that.
No current should pass through any grounding conductors under normal circumstances, but if there is a problem they can carry full line voltage, and current up to the limit of the breaker or fuse protecting the problem circuit.