CCST associated fires

[burat]

Comments please on recent news reports about lightning-associated fires due to CCST rupture and subsequent gas leaks.
Are there fixes to prevent this risk? I know there have been lawsuits and a class action recently filed about this.
I just bought a new construction house w/ dual zone furnaces (one in the attic has the CCST running from the basement)

[drtyhands]

Ground em

[drtyhands]

Search on www.electrical-contractors.net (http://www.electrical-contractors.net).
The lightening strikes have caused rare major problems.The N.E.C.,I don't think,covers csst grounding.The mfctr does require it.So I imagine it is beeing looked at closely in the code inforcement circles where lightning occurs frequently.
Looks like the manufactuerer wants the ground taken off at a black iron pipe location of the system and not the tubing itself,they are saying some talk of perhaps taking a ground off a connector.

I heard talk of a lightning rod on top of the house helping.this is www talk nothing in So. Calif. heard from my ears.

[PLUMBER RICK]

i also saw the abc news episode yesterday am too. according to the manufacturer, they said the line needs proper grounding. apparently the csst/ (corrugated stainless steel tubing) being thin can't handle the voltage spike from a close lightning strike. it has on a few incidents shorted, then blew a small hole in it causing a leak or explosion.

as Adam mentioned, we don't get much lightning here, so i'm not aware of the current requirement or fix they require.

rick.

[DUNBAR]

This stuff is becoming real common in new construction in my area. Between the water lines and gas lines in the basements, looks like someone threw a bowl of spaghetti. :eek:

[drtyhands]

This stuff is becoming real common in new construction in my area. Between the water lines and gas lines in the basements, looks like someone threw a bowl of spaghetti. :eek:
I would imagine that's what the plumbers were saying when they saw soft copper looped all around and through the framing back in the late sixties:eek:
The house I grew up in had soft in the walls,sounded like my parents should have called a priest.