Hi guys I’m still working towards my NVQ level 3 in electrical maintenance within an industrial environment pumps and process equipment. I know this question may be a bit vague but I’m confused about supplementary bonding in my working environment.
Here are a few of the things I’m confused...
Last year I had a large cast-iron balcony constructed with steps down into my garden. The balcony is bolted into the walls and also into the pavement where it meets the garden. Is there a requirement to earth this? If so, should it be a separate 10mm CPC direct to the CU or could I link it to...
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Right, I am seeing very mixed reactions and comments about the below question, I am just hoping to find a basic answer and reference please.
If you are installing a TL (fronius primo 3.6 in my case) to a domestic property, in the loft space with 16panels already installed on the...
Any recommendations? I have 25mm steel conduit going into 20mm reducers feeding a plastic time guard switch and then returning to steel conduit again on the other side. An earthing nut is too chunky. I think I need those smaller flat brass plates you get on SWA cables.
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Hi. Could someone please clarify bonding requirements for me please. I know requirements are to have a seperate 10mm earth bond conductor for water and gas or that these can be in one cable if looped between each other. I have been working in a couple of properties lately that are in residential...
From my understanding you need to run both a 10mm earth from CU to water stop clock and seperate 10mm to gas, exception being if cable is uncut can link both gas and water together. In a scenario where been asked to change consumer unit but getting to gas pipes of combi boiler is practically...
Hello there all, I'm a fairly newly qualified electrician and have been doing more and more EICRs lately, if someone could actually trawl through my long question and answer it then I shall be eternally grateful
I have tested 3 electrical installations in the last week with no RCD devices, all...
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I'm taking swa out of the shed and fitting it along a metal fence with metal fixing band. Swa goes into a wiska box then flex from the box to a light that's bolted to the metal fence. Circuit is protected by rcd.
Does the fence need to be bonded at all? I'm guessing it's an extraneous...
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This question is not how to select main protective bonding conductor sizes according to the regulations. That I understand how to do.
What I am asking is:
Why do the regulations require such a large CSA for Main Protective Bonding conductors...
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I was always taught the gas and water bonds should have a continuity ideally with a maximum of 0.05 ohms, is this a exact maximum or a rule of thumb and if it was higher than this what coding would we give it? I had a look through the codebreakers booklet but could not bit see an...
Installing Swa 35MM 4 c,to new school block.
This supply will come of a MPB,nearby,to me the supply to this MPB does not comply.
Concern once again are the size of the bonding conductors realative to the the Main REC supply.
The drawing we have,have no input on this, it’s a Tncs system,& earth...
Hi guys, just looking for a few thoughts on this one. This is a pretty big property with the gas meter situated in a small outhouse. There is no power in the the outhouse. The supply pipework comes out of the ground in copper into the meter.
Then exits the meter in plastic and goes below...
Hello all, just want your opinion on something. I'm currently testing retail stores and I cannot locate the water meter/stopcock. There is a 10mn earth that goes into the ceiling from MET. I have went round with my R2 lead and am getting 0.03-0.04 in kitchen, toilet etc. Like I said no sign of...
Hi, working in a property a couple of years old. Earthing System is a TN-C-S.
Customer’s daughter/wife have both complained about receiving a “slight tingle/static sensation” when using the shower in only one of the bathrooms (when touching the shower/or towel rad). I’ve checked the incoming...
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Looking for a bit of advice with supplementary bonding - pictures attached for context. Bit of background - I'm in the process of repairing some metal bollards: I decided the best option was to rip out the old guts which comprised of some old fluorescents complete with all the...
Hi guys just wondering what peoples thought is on this. I was out looking at a job today and noticed the main gas pipe is not bonded at the meter but has a 10mm earth at the boiler is this a code c2, c3 or nothing?
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I was having an disagreement with a work mate, a client has been told that their bonding (gas) is in the wrong place, (it is).
This is the only job we have to do there and obviously after moving it and carrying out the required continuity tests, would you issue a minor works certificate...
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Looking for advice
if anybody’s got any knowledge on static electricity.
been asked to bond flour pipes at work
Do you take it back to the nearest panel or take it to a earth spike ?
I need someone to enlighten me about Earthing and Bonding.
We've just completed the construction of four Fabricated Steel Bay Structures with a total of 354 Stansions 102 Beams, all connected to the Porlins, the place is to be used to seat 120,000 persons.
I am not in doubt of the importance...
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Just wanted to check and see if bonding is required in this situation:
There's no bond to water pipework, bond to gas all present and correct
There is a piece of plastic pipe at the point where the water enters the building, probably around 100mm in length
There is then a mix of...
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