power outlet problem

Okay, I am listening.  I just need a 12 gauge solid copper and connect to the ground screw in the outlet and to my water pipe outside my house.  I think i see a water pipe in my backyard.  But how do you do it specificially?  I need instructions.  Does that mean I have to connect the cable out from my room through my window and to the yard and to the pipe?  Or should i just call an electrician to do it.  I am afraid they are going to charge a lotta money...thanks.

[CHIZZY]

If it\'s easier, Video\'s solution works fine. Drive a metal pipe into the ground near your foundation near the basement window, if you have one. Now snake the 12ga wire down to the basement and run it out the window. be careful not to make contact with anything else metal, or the ground circut will short. Connect it tightly to the stake and- Voila!

::Sigh::

You don\'t need to take the wire outside, just to the closest grounded thing in your house, like the fuse box itself or a water pipe in your basement... you should at least be able to see where it leaves the building.  Don\'t take the wire outside.

[videoholic]

You should pull your carpet up, drill a hole through your slab into your dirt.  THen drive a spike into the ground in each room that you want to ground.  

If you do this, I want to see pictures!!!!