Is This Safe or Dangerous?

[DeanGreen]

Hello Everyone,

New here and know nothing about electrics. Our landlord sent an electrician to do an electrical test and now nobody in the flat dare have a bath!

I've grown up knowing that water and electrics do not mix well. We were surprised to find after the electric test had been done, it seems the toilet is now hooked up to the bath (on left side of pic)!

Please have a look at the photos, there is bare copper wire poking through (the bit that shines in the pic) at the side of the toilet and the green wire (that goes behind the bath taps) wasn't there before:

Can anyone let us know if this is safe? The weather's hot and we all need a bath!

Cheers,

Dean

 

[DeanGreen]

Surprised you think like that. I’m not surprised people think this as it is sometimes true.

Dean you where quite correct to check if you think something is unsafe. It might have been, but in this case it’s not. the bonding is a safety feature.

Thanks for the reassurance, Pete. Our motto: if you don't know, ask

 

[Cid]

Lol. This is hilarious

 

[Des 56]

Probably may help to think of that cable as being there to take the bump rather than you

 

[telectrix]

@OP. without going into the technicalities, that is there to prevent you getting electrocuted should a fault on the electrics occur. only thing i can faultit on is that there should be a label attached with the text " Safety Electrical Connection, Do Not Remove."

 

[Deleted member 9648]

I'd be a lot more worried over catching the plague than being fried in that place.

 

[Lister1987]

I'd fill the bath with deionised water just to be safe.

Ned no! You want dehydrated water, you don't want those pesky explosive hydrogen atoms floating about if your electrics are dodgy, that's how fires start

 

[telectrix]

Ned no! You want dehydrated water, you don't want those pesky explosive hydrogen atoms floating about if your electrics are dodgy, that's how fires start

wrong. you need "heavy water". you float better and a good fart could make a nuke bomb.

 

[GBDamo]

Ok Dean,I just can't see the thought process in thinking than an electrician would come in to the property and do something to make the electrical installation more dangerous - didn't anyone think to ask him what the new cable was all about ?

Im guessing Millenials, rollyeyes.

 

[Ned Gibbons]

Ned no! You want dehydrated water, you don't want those pesky explosive hydrogen atoms floating about if your electrics are dodgy, that's how fires start

Dehydrated water, is that what they use to make dry white wine?

 

[pirate]

NO NO NO!
You need to start with wet white wine!
Then you dry it...
SHEESH!

 

[Lister1987]

NO NO NO!
You need to start with wet white wine!
Then you dry it...
SHEESH!

No, you start with red wine, put it through the washing machine to remove the stains, THEN you dry it, god you know nothing!

 

[Dave OCD]

The landlord is totally ruthless, cuts corners and avoids repairs at all costs. We made no judgement on the electrician. We only discovered the new green cable in the bathroom after he'd left so didn't ask, plus, we still know nothing about electrics and would have been none the wiser had he drawn diagrams for us.

No problem Dean, I think the electrician should have at least found one of you before leaving and explained what the new earth cable was for - not essential to give a technical explanation but just some reassurance that it was a precautionary safety measure in order to comply with the regulations. It was never my intention to try and make you look silly or cause any offence.

 

[DeanGreen]

No problem Dean, I think the electrician should have at least found one of you before leaving and explained what the new earth cable was for - not essential to give a technical explanation but just some reassurance that it was a precautionary safety measure in order to comply with the regulations. It was never my intention to try and make you look silly or cause any offence.

No offence taken. Three smelly blokes was enough for me to risk shame, ridicule and being referred to as a 'millenial' to check it was safe

 

[KennyKen]

I unfortunately fall under the millennial banner aged 33 and I can vehemently express that I do not share their traits. Anyone born from 95’ onwards should be given that burden

 

[DPG]

As above, no shame in asking if you don't know. Nobody knows everything.