Water softener grounding question

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GoldDiamond

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Hello! (This is my first time installing a water softener, so please excuse me if these are dumb questions)

I am installing a new water softener in place of one that was already in the same spot. So there is the 1"? water pipes that come out of the wall .. and then the copper tube that hooked up to the wall pipes and ran to the bypass valve on the water softener is where the previous ground clamps were. (see pic below)

The new 2 ft. pipes that i got are corrugated stainless steel, can i put the ground clamps on the stainless steel, or do they need to be connected to copper? If they need to be on copper then i was thinking of hooking them right where the pipe comes out of the wall (only about 2 in of pipe there), is that a okay spot?! (see pic below, you can see where i took a razor blade and made it bare copper)

Im not even sure the 2 ft. stainless steel pipes will be long enough so i might have to use the old copper ones but i was concerned about the 2 different bends in the pipe and was wondering do you think they would be a issue (are the bends to severe)? I attached a few pics below.

Thanks for your help!!

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https://imgur.com/a/47h3Mvc
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https://imgur.com/a/2XT4zav
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A water softener does not need grounding.

If you are asking about the grounding requirements for the electric power system, you might ask in https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?forums/electrical-forum-discussion-blog.9/ I think the codes have been moving away from using water pipes for the power grounds and requiring ground rods for doing that job.

Say that you think the water piping is being used for the power system ground, and what you should do.

I am not a pro.
 
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