Hypothetical question

[jdd]

If you had a steel framed building with the electrical service at one end and the gas/water service at the other end. Would it be possible to bond the steel as normal, but then just bond the gas/water service straight to the steel work, instead of taking back to the MET.

 

[Dean Williams]

i've installed it using the steel frame and i've seen countless steel frame factories new and old wired the same way.

 

[jarmez]

Been doing this for 28 years on large construction sites gas and water still bonded so i am not naive but you obviously think you know it all lol

 

[Deleted member 26818]

If you had a steel framed building with the electrical service at one end and the gas/water service at the other end. Would it be possible to bond the steel as normal, but then just bond the gas/water service straight to the steel work, instead of taking back to the MET.

Yes that would be acceptable.

 

[Engineer54]

Been doing this for 28 years on large construction sites gas and water still bonded so i am not naive but you obviously think you know it all lol

Well i obviously know a bit more than you after your 28 years!!

Perhaps you can explain why you would pull a separate bonding conductor over several tens of metres of a steel framed building, rather than using the mass of steelwork that's already bonded to the MET??

 

[johnboy6083]

I agree, use the steel as a bonding conductor. If you fancy, you could use it as a common CPC too!

 

[SYKRAPS]

I agree, use the steel as a bonding conductor. If you fancy, you could use it as a common CPC too!

Like with galv conduit or trunking systems?

 

[Engineer54]

I agree, use the steel as a bonding conductor. If you fancy, you could use it as a common CPC too!

Well, it certainly reinforces any metallic containment systems attached to the building!! lol!!