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    Looking for Advice on Earthing Heating & Hot Water in an old Non-earthed House

    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...
    • axidentalist
    • Thread
    • advice consumer earthing electrical heating hot water house looking old pipes supply water
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Plastic fitting between two pipes and electrical safety connections

    Hi again, 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...
  3. J

    messed up lighting circuit issue

    hi guys new to the site 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...
  4. HappyHippyDad

    taking earth cable from sockets of lights to earth water pipes in bathroom?

    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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    Pipes for carrying electrical cables underground dimensions?

    Hey, I'm doing a project and I was wondering what is the largest diameter pipe commonly used to carry electricity wires/ phone lines etc. is?
    • James Walshe
    • Thread
    • cables carrying electric electrical pipes underground
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Bonding 10mm oil pipes

    Hi 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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    Shower shocks !!!

    Hi guys, 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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    Ghost voltage

    Hi guys, 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...
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    Extraneous conductive parts in outbuildings

    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...
    • soulman
    • Thread
    • bonding building conductive extraneous outbuilding parts pipes water
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. grimysparks80

    Reg that apply to cutting water pipes

    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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    Main Bonding plastic pipes

    Hi again, 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...
  12. J

    Bonding to pipes

    Hello, 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...
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    Van Pipes

    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...
    • DL electrician
    • Thread
    • electricians vans pipes van vehicle
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    installation of Gas pipes

    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.
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    Earth bonding to boiler pipes

    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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    Supplementary bonding required with RCD's?

    Much discussed issue this one. Appreciate any comments. I let a small one bed flat out. Electric only ie no gas. Year back I had a new CU put in with all circuits on RCD's (RCBO for lighting). Accompanied by an EICR. Registered ECA sparks did the work. The EICR documents that the mains...
    • lobello
    • Thread
    • bathroom bonding continuity extraneous pipes rcd rcd's required supplementary
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    cables and water pipes

    Looking to add a shower to the bathroom, but it's all tiled, there is a cold water pipe running up the wall in trunking, can I run the cable up this trucking, upto a point and branch off for the shower, upgrading the mcb to rcbo and will bond the water pipe, to the earth on the shower, can this...
  18. L

    Main bonding & speedfit pvc pipes

    Fella's I was told today by a spark a lot more experienced than me that I need to bond the following, I'm inclined to agree but could do with some opinions. Water comes in on 15mm copper where there is a 300mm length before it is then converted to PVC speedfit,this whole section is hidden in a...
    • LlandrilloSpark
    • Thread
    • bonding electricians' talk main main bonding pipes pvc
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. S

    downlights near water pipes?

    Hi, anyone know a rule of thumb when it comes to plastic hot water pipes? If people wamt to keep insulation i always use hoods but unsure on plastic pipes, as they carry hot water would they be effected from being too close??? Any thoughts or views welcomed
    • sima24
    • Thread
    • downlights electricians' talk lighting lights pipes water
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    CCU near water pipes

    Can you mount a fuseboard within 6 inches of a water pipe?
    • Stretch184
    • Thread
    • electricians' talk pipes water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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