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Originally Posted by Steveib
I talked to someone at West marine and they said that the grounding wire that is attached to my old gas fill is not required. that's why so many deck gas fills don't have it. What's your take on this info?
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I'd say that I'll believe the manufacturers more than some salesman at West marine. Everything costs money, and if the manufacturers spent the money to put a grounding wire on the system in the first place there must have been a reason.
It probably has something to do with plastic tanks vs metal tanks, but in all cases I personally like to err on the side of safety. So for me the grounding wire stays.
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