Bonding tutorial

[Hellmooth]

As a general rule, if you can touch an electrical appliance or switch at the same time as touching absolutely anything at all with metal on it, it needs to be attached to the main earthing wire to ensure it is safe and the risk of electric shocks are reduced. There are two ways to do this job and ensure that your copper pipes are safe. This includes attaching to an earth terminal in a socket, or to a pipe that has already been earthed and has an unbroken connection to the earth terminal in the consumer unit. Follow these steps to bond earth wires to copper pipes:

 

[Andy78]

The Cockburn returneth ?

 

[Hellmooth]

This is from the Ratedpeople.com website.......bond absolutely anything with metal on it, hilarious but at the same time unbelievable!

 

[telectrix]

As a general rule, if you can touch an electrical appliance or switch at the same time as touching absolutely anything at all with metal on it, it needs to be attached to the main earthing wire to ensure it is safe and the risk of electric shocks are reduced. There are two ways to do this job and ensure that your copper pipes are safe. This includes attaching to an earth terminal in a socket, or to a pipe that has already been earthed and has an unbroken connection to the earth terminal in the consumer unit. Follow these steps to bond earth wires to copper pipes:

where did you copy and paste that garbage from?

edit: question answered while i was posting.

 

[Leesparkykent]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Illustrated-Explanation-Earthed-Equipotential-Bonding/dp/1449041612 hope it wasn't taken from this book? D.W Cockburn is a fool lol. I particularly like the reviews haha.

 

[andyb]

I can't keep granddad still for long enough to connect his metal zimmerframe to the main earthing wire.

 

[telectrix]

i never knew that geordiespark was your granddad.

 

[Geordie Spark]

i never knew that geordiespark was your granddad.

What are you doing up 'n' aboot at this time of night when ye should be safely tucked-up in yer crypt.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Bought some carbon fibre framed specs so I didn't have to bond steel framed ones.
Just realised carbon is conductive.

 

[Pete999]

This is from the Ratedpeople.com website.......bond absolutely anything with metal on it, hilarious but at the same time unbelievable!

Blimey I thought you were having a funny 5 minutes before I read this post

 

[HandySparks]

If you want a laugh, here are some more from the same source (I've not read them all):

Adding a power socket - DIY guide

Cable sizes, kilowatts and amp ratings - Home

Converting a radial circuit to a ring circuit - DIY guide

Installing a shaver socket - DIY guide

I get the impression that these have been written for another country, but which one uses red, black and blue for L, N & E?


Edit: Just read a few more, they're just as bad.

 

[stevethesparks]

Good find. I don't know why I bothered with my C&G all those years ago :vanish:

 

[Andy78]

Its a genius marketing ploy. Give out misleading information, wait for DIY Dave to mess it up, he calls someone off unratedplonkers to sort it out.

 

[stevethesparks]

Some of that information is just plain dangerous, I wonder if some sort of action could be taken against them or at least get them to remove it.

 

[telectrix]

mind boggling and dangerous. e.g. shaver socket. no mention of where to take supply from. no mention of earthing/bonding, testing or RCD protection. as they say, a little knowledge is dangerous.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Ouch! I've alerted them to the problem, see what happens...

 

[YoungBart]

Out of interest What country uses Blue as a 'Grounding wire'?
Also, If the largest size cable you will see is 4sq mm you'll end up with an awful lot of 9kw showers requiring re wiring.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

None AFAIK. Some of the nonsense like that makes it appear to be deliberate misdirection.

 

[Barry White]

Describes in detail how to do the bang test Identifying a fault in an electrical circuit - DIY guide

also found this gem

1. You then need to run an earth (green and yellow) wire from the consumer unit or fuse box. These can be run under the carpet to make sure they are hidden from view.

 

[NDG Elecs]

If you want a laugh, here are some more from the same source (I've not read them all):

Adding a power socket - DIY guide

Cable sizes, kilowatts and amp ratings - Home

Converting a radial circuit to a ring circuit - DIY guide

Installing a shaver socket - DIY guide

I get the impression that these have been written for another country, but which one uses red, black and blue for L, N & E?


Edit: Just read a few more, they're just as bad.

Just skim read the converting radial to ring... BLIMEY!! Here's a great quote from it:
So if you plan to convert a radial circuit with a 30 amp circuit to a ring circuit with 20 amp circuit, then you’ll need to upgrade the fuse from 20 to 30 amps

I hope their various subscribers do not use these, ahem, cough, guides to do installs...