if i do bond the lead pipe back to the MET am i not in theory reconnecting the extraneous part back into the system any way as my gas pipe is also connected to it and with the combination boiler all supplementry bonded together all the copper will be connected anyway
they are not connected to the main bond the plumber connected it this way to his cross bonding on combi pipes
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so this is wrong then i have highlighted in yellow
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and is the small plastic tee enough of an insulater to negate no main bonding
found this on the internet it mentions if you have an incoming plastic water pipe you do not need to main bond, however if the rest of the pipework there after is metal you will require main earth bonding, i have highlighted it. this is driving me mad any one shed some light please.
i know, my problem is that i dont fully understand in my head what earth actually is i just think everthing needs bonding together and not fully understanding it all, but thanks for your input most appreciated.
i have looked on youtube trying to find earthing for dummies.
is it worth bridging out the plastic tee with a short piece of 10mm so that all other copper in the installation is earthed.
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as the 10mm is near by is there any arm in connecting it anyway will it make the installation unsafe
is a magnetic scale inhibitor,
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yes there is
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is a magnetic scale inhibitor,
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Can anyone help, i had a new combi boiler fitted last year and they used mainly plastic fittings to make there connections, i have attached a photo below my question is where should my 10mm earth bond go , the incoming water pipe is made of lead, do i simply bond the 10mm earth to the incoming...
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