Does main bonding in every circumstance always need to be under 0.05. main bonding in a house where the main water was moved has 10mm cable but resistance of 0.25 ohms!!>>
 
it is an existing bonding cable, was gonna change the board for an assessment but now i'll need this to be sorted. p.s. the cowboy who installed this bodged quite alot so dunno what is going on
 
Back to your original question does it have to be <0.05ohms......Im not so sure now, I think it is only a recommendation as dont think there is a Reg No but not too sure.....although your reading is very high and is probably due to what Archy has stated
 
There is no limitation on the resistance (or length) of bonding cables, 0.05Ω is just a suggested ball figure (GN3) to prove the cable 'continuity'. However your reading suggests you have a cable of approximately 137m, very unusual in a domestic installation, but never the less, if correct it would conform to BS7671:2008+A1:2011. If this is not the case your test method or connections are faulty and retesting is advisable. In which case if retesting reveals a similar resistance, further investigation and/or replacement would be necessary as it's likely you don't actually have a continuous length of 10mm[SUP]2[/SUP] cable.
 
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it goes in the floow at front of property, (there are 3 x 10mm and 2x6mm, one 10mm being gas) one resurfaces under the sink and terminated there but i couldnt tell you if it is continuous, i mean why would you not run it continuous whenn the extension was being built!! grind my gears this does.&nbsp;<br>It is maybe 10-15 metre run to the water pipe in kitchen. so it obviously shouldnt be that high....so considered that, it isnt acceptable as the run is so short? or is that 0.05 only ever a rough guide. I mean 0.3 isnt really that bad surely??
 
Between which two points are you measuring to obtain the reading of 0.25 ohms, the measurement of 0.05 ohms is nothing to do with the length of the main bonding conductors as I see it
 
, the measurement of 0.05 ohms is nothing to do with the length of the main bonding conductors as I see it
You are supposed to verify the continuity of the conductor when disconnected so it is all about the csa and length.

A 10mm² copper conductor less than 27m in length cannot be more than 0.05Ω

0.05 is considered negligible - 0.25 or 0.3 is not.
 
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