bonding

  1. G

    Faraday cage earthing.

    Hi there, We will need to earth a Faraday cage room in an experimental work, do we need to certify the job? Can it be only earthed into the plumbing pipes if available (Bonding?)? If there are no pipes around should we earth it into a mains circuit using a junction box or surface box for...
  2. edexlab

    Bonding Control panel

    Currently building a system for a PITA customer Did stage 1 last year ( I only did onsite install) They snagged and changed totally nonsensical things at a whim and my company let them Resulted in job being completed 4 mths late This year stage 2 only had 4 electrical snags versus 176 last...
  3. HappyHippyDad

    Understanding the new regulation regarding Main Bonding.

    Regulation 411.3.1.2 states .... Main bonding conductors shall connect to the main earthing terminal extraneous conductive parts. It then goes on to say... 'Metallic pipes entering the building having an insulating section at their point of entry need not be connected to the protective...
  4. cliffed

    Main bonding to do or not to do

    Having to re cable the lighting in a metal portacabin,the cabin is placed in a workshop,would you main bond it,doubts due to new 18 th edition,on the requirements of main bonding. The cabin is not an extraneous conductive part,& will be earthed fortuitously by the lighting equipment.
  5. Z

    Steel conduit used as CPC in flat, can’t find bonding, can’t find ring main CPC at C.U

    I’ve been asked to add a couple of extra points to the single ring main in a flat. Building fabric is concrete, all of the electrical installation is steel conduit buried in the concrete. I opened the consumer unit and could only see one CPC for a radial socket, as well as the main Earth. No...
  6. G

    Must bond, must bond, must bond. Pointless bonding pictures.

    Must install a 4" piece of copper as any fool knows it's pointless bonding the plastic. Anyone beat this for a pointless bonding picture.
  7. AlmondSauce

    Bonding outside copper pipe

    We have a copper pipe running along a wall outside in the garden - it's used to supply a sprinkler system. (Inside the house it's plastic, there's a join to copper just before it comes outside.) Should it be bonded? It's not at present. All my knowledge of bonding comes from pipework running...
  8. S

    Main Protective Bonding Conductor question

    Hi guys Would appreciate your comments on the following.. I am currently involved in the refurbishment of a building with 2 service heads (both in use) but only one gas intake and one water intake. What are the main bonding requirements in this situation? I am assuming both MET's require a...
  9. J

    Street furniture bonding

    What are peoples thoughts on bonding powered Street furniture that is within touching distance of each other. I have a few ideas but there is nothing in the regs for guidance. Thanks
  10. J

    IEE 18th, 701.415.2 p241 - sup bonding bathroom

    Hi Old time 15th Ed. working way through 18th in prep for 18th test, also been a while since i wired in anger so to speak :-). 701.415.2 states that i can omit supplementary bonding in my bathroom so long as i have a protective equipotential bond compliant to 411.3.1.2 and finals in the...
  11. C

    Main Earth Bonding (two supplies)

    Large house with x2 power supplies/ service heads. first supply 3 phase TN-S located in a pig of a place and is furthest away from the gas and water entry points and meter positions. Second supply is a single phase TN-S located only a few meters away from the water and gas entry points to the...

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