Commercial kitchen bonding

[Knobhead]

The last commercial kitchen I did was a nightmare. It had to conform to hygiene and M&Q regs. All the ovens etc were on wheels for cleaning. So the fun began:

• First idea copex from the trunking to the appliance, no good, not to M&Q and too easily damaged!
• Next SWA, no good, it will ravel up and pull out of the glands.
• OK how about SY cable, no, not to M&Q

By now I’m getting desperate. Call the M&Q inspector “can we have dispensation for SY in this situation”. Two days later gets the go ahead on the proviso that when the appliance is pulled out it must be restrained. We ended up with SY cable and a ¼” steel wire tethering the appliance to the wall. Then I got in trouble for not using stainless wire!

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I worked in a meat factory for a few years.
Again all Stainless Steel.
Not one RCD in sight, as they would have been tripping all day long due to the amount of water floating around.
I few times I saw production staff washing down walls with high power jet guns.
63A Lewden sockets soon fill up with water, watever their IP rating if someone points a jet gun at them for long enough.