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  1. kingeri

    Main bonding to next door's water pipe

    Did a CU change today, and replaced main bonding to gas and water. The property is a back-to-back terraced house, and I noticed that the water supply for the house behind goes through this property's cellar. There are two water pipes coming in right next to each other. Both were bonded, along...
  2. T

    how close to pipe work

    pic shows some pipework enclosed in trunking can i route cables over pipework enclosed in mini trunking? thanks
    • thekingiam
    • Thread
    • behind cable close electrical work pipe pipes pipework trunking work
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  3. N

    Bonding and Plastic pipe

    Hi The situation is this; PME supply Dual consumer unit with 30mA RCDs Incoming water pipe is MDPE into house where it is teed off copper to kitchen sink etc and copper to oil fired boiler in utility room Boiler incoming in plastic Tails to all taps and rads are in copper and remaining...
  4. E

    Oil Pipe bonding when pipe is not visible

    Hi, I have a customer who needs a CU upgrade, the water pipe is bonded ok but the oil pipe for the boiler comes in underneath the boiler and is not visible and could not be touched, what happens about bonding in this case? I believe it needs bonding but does anyone have any proof of reg? Was...
  5. T

    bonding water pipe question

    i have to bond mains water pipe in kitchen behind the units, the floor is tiled and upstairs bathroom just retiled cu is in pantry on other side of kitchen. can i take bonding conductor through outside wall under doorway and into back pantry wall distance would be 4/5mtrs outside ,if so could i...
    • thekingiam
    • Thread
    • bonding pipe question water
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. kingeri

    Supplementary bonding across plastic section of pipe

    8.5kw shower supplied by copper pipe......with plastic T where water supply branches to serve it, then back to copper. Any need to bond across the plastic T? Similar story with water supply to bath on hot and cold. All circuits RCD protected, shower itself earthed no problem.
  7. Strima

    Van Pipe

    Van pipe. Made from soil pipe and fittings. This is not lockable but ends are screw type so the load will not spill on the road when you set off. One end has been glued shut. Measures 3150mm x 110mm Comes with clamps for fitting to roof bars. It's a pipe you can put pipes in, what more...
  8. G

    Using 4" drain pipe clamps to run twin in.

    I was just wondering if anyone had been made to use 4" drain pipe clips to run t+e in. I've been rewiring a primary school recently and the firm i've been subbying to supplied 400 pipe clips instead of any other form of containment. The clips are fixed to timber joists with about 3" left...
  9. J

    Oil Supply Pipe

    Does a oil tank copper pipe supply need bonding if it has been put though a plastic tubing when it buried ? Many Thanks
  10. G

    conduit pipe carrier

    hi all, i need a pipe carrier for my van and really dont want to spend a £100 plus on one like the rhino. Ive seen a way of making them with 4" waste pipe ( i know ugly). does anyone have or use one like this and are they safe if made correctly appreciate the help and advice
    • Gylesr
    • Thread
    • carrier conduit pipe times worth
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. tuckermot

    cutting chip board floors and pipe/cable detector

    I am going to be cutting some chip board floors with my circular saw and to be honest when working on domestic propertys i have a total fear of cutting through pipes/cables underneath,even after setting the circular saw.I want to purchase a second hand detector and the ones i have had in the...
    • tuckermot
    • Thread
    • access board chipboard circular cutting detector floors pipe richard through
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. H

    Emergency lights and bonding to water pipe

    I have two questions. Firstly I need to bond the water pipe where I work with 50mm (PME, with a neutral over 150mm). It just so happens the structural steel is bonded and would do very well as the bonding for the water pipe if I run a 50mm to it. I have loads of 35mm green and yellow, can I...
  13. C

    Cable & Pipe Proximity - OSG Ref - Can U help?

    Dear All Can anyone help? Am working for the Bob "the know it all" builder on a re-furb and huge extension. I want to move some existing cables because they are touching and in some instances wrapped round hot water pipes. I know it's not specific in Regs re distances Sec 522, however have...
  14. B

    Voltage on gas pipe to boiler - newly qualified question!!

    Hello all, be gentle I am newly qualified and this is my first post! I have a customer who cannot get their boiler serviced due to a 5 volt current on their gas pipe when the upstairs lighting circuit is energised. All the supplemental and equipotential bonding seems ok, tests are within limits...
    • BrightSparkPaul
    • Thread
    • aus boiler circuit gas lighting newly pipe qualified question upstairs voltage volts
    • Replies: 48
    • Forum: Australia
  15. S

    how to wire a pipe stat

    I am looking to wire a pipe stat to my stove but dont know how to wire the junction box that the pump and stat go into, it would be well appreciated.
  16. J

    Main Bonding of Water Pipe

    Hi all. I've got my Elecsa assessment on 3rd Jan and I'm using a new CU and partial rewire on my own house. My question is this. My main water pipe (which is lead) enters the house under the floorboards. However all water pipes above the floorboards are plastic. Would you say that the pipe...
  17. D

    Gas Pipe Earth bonding

    I have just been informed by my electrician that we have to bond our gas pipe. The problem is that the gas meter is within a housing on the front external wall of my house and apparently he has to connect this back to my fuse box etc which at the farthest point on the rear of the house...
    • dboi75
    • Thread
    • aus bonding earth gas pipe
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia
  18. G

    Main bonding lead water pipe?

    I have a CU change job and the water pipe supplying the house is lead. The lead enters the house then runs right under the house and into the kitchen where it is jointed to copper. The regs say bond where it enters the house (which is convieniently underneath the CU), but there appears to be...
  19. S

    New consumer unit close to gas pipe/meter

    When replacing a consumer unit. If the current rewireable board is only 80mm from gas pipe/meter can the new board be fitted there or does it have to be moved to comply with the minimum distance of 150mm. Not possible to fit close if so and would need to be moved over a meter to find space...
    • sidekick
    • Thread
    • aus close consumer consumer unit gas new pipe unit
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Australia
  20. H

    Gas pipe earth bond.

    Hi all. Can anyone tell me if it is acceptable to bond the gas pipe outside of the house rather than just after it enters? The problem is I have to bond a gas pipe- it was noted on a recent pir that it wasn't done, problem is it enters the house through the roof space of a two storey house...
    • hoover
    • Thread
    • aus earth earth bond gas pipe
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Australia
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