bonding of main water plastic incoming

[telectrix]

better still. make plastic out of plumbers.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Poor Golliwog and Milky bar kid got the axe though !!

Idiots:crazy:

Do you remember the the Golliwogs on the jars of jam?

If you collected the labels (can't remember how many) and posted them to the jam maker, they would send you an enamelled badge of the Golliwog.

 

[telectrix]

i remember them. i had a few enamel badges as a kid. also has an esso tiger tail on my bike.

 

[Geordie Spark]

i remember them. i had a few enamel badges as a kid. also has an esso tiger tail on my bike.

Did you have an enamelled Penguin badge?

I did, but I'm not sure if it had anything to do with the Penguin biscuits & was just wondering.

 

[44ALLAN]

I collected Playboy magazines................u two were late developers it seems

 

[Geordie Spark]

I collected Playboy magazines................u too were late developers it seems

I collected "Health and Efficiency" (I think that was the title) and "Parade".

 

[44ALLAN]

Parade.............now your talking :drool5:

 

[chopper76]

All this ir test from met to water pipe is nonsense, the pipe is full of water an is connected to your neighbours property, whose water pipe is either connected to an equipotential bond or an earthed immersion and boiler which is in turn connected to met and back to transformer, I have never done this test and won the saving of my 10mm and earth clamp, bond it, tick it on the form n forget it

 

[44ALLAN]

All this ir test from met to water pipe is nonsense, the pipe is full of water an is connected to your neighbours property, whose water pipe is either connected to an equipotential bond or an earthed immersion and boiler which is in turn connected to met and back to transformer, I have never done this test and won the saving of my 10mm and earth clamp, bond it, tick it on the form n forget it.

Yup well done mate...............you need to patent that idea to be honest.
Street equipotential bonding............could be a winner mate go with it !

Watch out for plastic incomers at your neighbors tho u might kill your kids
Harsh but true I'm afraid

 

[D Skelton]

No, if incomer is plastic then the plumbing is not classed as an extraneous conductive part.

Only a test can confirm whether something is an extraneous conductive part or not, plastic may not be conductive but the water inside it is!

It's this type of attitude that gets on my jubblies!

 

[chopper76]

Thanks mr. Skelton , sounds like Alan was away from school on electrical conductivity day, like to see him do an ir test under water, you bond it at 600 or at the most accessible part even if its a small section going in to the megaflow, you still need ADS when the immersion heater shorts to earth!, don't fancy getting into the bath when that happens or is water not conductive now?

 

[44ALLAN]

Lol..........dear me

Can I invest in this water earth clamp you've patented ffs lmao !

Just to clarify btw.
You would bond a plastic pipe because it had water in it?

mmmmmm nice one mate I like it

 

[Engineer54]

How on earth do these people get to be registered as competent??

 

[D Skelton]

Just to clarify btw.
You would bond a plastic pipe because it had water in it?

Of course not, but SBSB said if the incomer is plastic then the PLUMBING isn't an extraneous conductive part. I would test the metal pipework nearest to the connection to the plastic incomer and if extraneous; bond.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

The big problem with the 22k IR test has already been pointed out......parallel paths. Even disconnecting earth wires from boilers and immersion heaters etc might not eliminate them. The gas pipe will be connected to the boiler intoducing a parallel path,do you disconnect that?
I've given up with IR testing copper fed from plastic to confirm if it is an ECP,only if I can visually confirm that the copper has no possibility of PP's would I bother. Otherwise unless the copper is very short I assume it's going to be extraneous and bond.