I was changing the consumer unit today and look how the previous person has earthed the main water and gas!
I will give them 10 out 10 for ingenuity:confused:
Here's how it looked after i had finished.
On a totally different job i was called out to i came across this fitted by a so called...
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Currently working at the block of flats(5).No gas supply to the building.Water all plastic from incoming supply to throughout the building.Can we omit the protective bonding to all the flats.
Any information will be much appreciated.
Hi everyone, I am really happy to be here on the Electricians Forums. Despite my weird sounding handle I can assure you I am English born and bred. One day I'll explain the name but in the meanwhile let me say that I've been doing electrics for most of my life and I run a small domestic...
Who would do this? Cables for upstairs circuits in trunking going up corner of room then central heating flow and return pipes on top of trunking, then whole lot boxed in. Good idea? Does it matter?
I am interested to know which regulations relate to the proximity between electrical appliances and gas pipework. I understand that its 150mm but I am looking for the related regulations. Thank
Hi Folks. I joined the forum a couple of years back, knowing I'd probably end up here as I live in an old house with a non-earth supply running off one fuse supplying a maximum of 15 amps. Eventually I'd like to go off grid, but rebuilding the place has required machinery and hot water...
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So last night was very eventful! The fitting that sits between two pipes failed and leaked water all in the kitchen. Luckily my father was awake at the time and spotted this before any serious incident took place.
We called a plumber the next morning to get the problem fixed (was...
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got a problem with a circuit at a property im working on
description
council kitchen circuits rewire
db- 10way main switch rcbos previously installed
problem - 1 x lighting circuit on mcb due to it tripping the rcbo ( last electricians left the rcbo in ccu cupboard...
I was wondering about earthing and bonding today.
We take a 10mm conductor and connect within 600mm for gas/water/oil etc, but quite often pipes in a bathroom or elsewhere have a bonding clamp on them with a cable taken from lights or sockets. In the case of the lights that probably means they...
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Never had this situation before,I'm changing a csu in a property,TT,no probs.
The main house has a 10mm oil pipe feeding an AGA and a boiler ( I can only gain access to the aga pipe),this is being fed from one oil tank,the second oil tank feeds another boiler at the other end of the house...
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in need of some advice, this is my first time on here so be gentle..!
I had a client call me to ask to look at a shower in one of his properties as the tennants are complaining of little shocks from the shower taps??
i immediately told them to isolate until i can have a look.
Once i...
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what is the method you use to discharge ghost voltages, reason I'm asking is I have being given a job by a heating engineer who is saying they are getting 23v across the heating pipes, he has informed me that the voltage disappears when the lighting circuit is switched off which leads...
Hi, i am after a bit of advice. I went to a property which had 3 outbuilding, all were separate from the main building, one garage, one shed, & a workshop. Circuits all supplied from main building. Earthing system is TT. In all of the 3 outbuilding there is a separate water supply with...
Hi all. I attended a job tonight where a plumber got a belt from an incoming cold water main. he cut it below the 10mm earth bond to tee off for a boiler.I am just wondering if there are any regs applying to the plumber cutting the pipe with regards to maintaining continuity. I know they have to...
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a kitchen has been ripped out, the main water stop was in there. it was all lead and copper water pipes and a main bond was to be run. However matey has lopped these pipes off and left about 4 inches of lead pipe coming in and then gone and replaced with plastic pipes. so would the...
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just a quicky. We have not done domestic in some time now.
We carried out a pir.
We found that the gas is bonded but the all other supplementary bonding is not in place.
now if there is a rcd coving the installation does the pipes ect need to be bonded?
As it is, there is no rcd...
Hi Guys,
Been looking into pipe carriers for the new van and wanted to see what some of you have gone for...
As I understand it I would need a plastic liner to minimise marking on plastic trunking etc
Rhino seems to be a popular choice and have just been told it has a coating inside?? Not...
Are gas pipes allowed to be chased into a block wall and plastered over in a domestic property?
I have been looking in the 'Safety in the installation and use of gas systems and appliances regulations' but cannot find anything that says it can't.
Hi, I came across an install where the equipotential bonding to the pipes feeding the boiler had been taken from the spur providing the power to it. It was run as a separate 10mm earth wire from the fuse box (connected to the earth terminal inside) and cable tied to the power flex going to the...
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