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Can anyone advise on the following please:

My main incoming water pipe appears to be double earth bonded. There is an earth strap on the vertical pipe with a secondary earth wire running from the first to a second strap on the horizontal section. Is the second one on the horizontal section necessary? If so, can it be moved to the vertical section so both are on the same section of pipe?

I ask because I want to put a pressure reduction valve on the horizontal section. Thanks

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Welcome to the forum teecee 90 :).

I've let this into the main forum for a quick response while we wait for Admin' to come online and give you a DIY status at which point your thread will be relocated. Note! this won't affect your posts and replies here... thanks.
 
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What is hiding under that bit of lagging? I can just see the end of a compression fitting, if this is something which is insulation gone section if pipe from the other then it may explain the two bonding connections
 
Ideally even though the scale inhibitor appears to be steel there should be continuity of bonding from the main incomer across the inhibitor.
The first bonding clamp could be moved to the section above the tap as shown by the green arrow.
If the main bonding runs as I have pictured the green and yellow line and then goes back to the first clamp and the pipework indicated by the red arrow is made of plastic then the clamp should be safe to remove.
However testing should be undertaken to ensure this is the case.
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Ideally even though the scale inhibitor appears to be steel there should be continuity of bonding from the main incomer across the inhibitor.
The first bonding clamp could be moved to the section above the tap as shown by the green arrow.
If the main bonding runs as I have pictured the green and yellow line and then goes back to the first clamp and the pipework indicated by the red arrow is made of plastic then the clamp should be safe to remove.
However testing should be undertaken to ensure this is the case.
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, the main bonding run is exactly as you have shown with the green and yellow line with a secondary cable that goes from this clamp back to the first clamp. The pipe coming up through the floor is indeed blue plastic. So are you saying I should be able to remove the first clamp completely rather than moving it?

Cheers.
 
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remove the lower clamp. the bond on the vertical section is the necessary one.
 
Yes it is.

Chances are it may not even be extraneous as the incoming pipe is plastic. There is a possibility though if the copper part of the installation re-enters the ground again, etc. The only way to establish this though to be 100% is by carrying out a test.
 
Chances are it may not even be extraneous as the incoming pipe is plastic. There is a possibility though if the copper part of the installation re-enters the ground again, etc. The only way to establish this though to be 100% is by carrying out a test.

Is the test something I can carry out myself? It seems a bit OTT to get an electrician in just to move an earth clamp, but I obviously don't want to do anything that will cause a safety problem.
 
Is the test something I can carry out myself? It seems a bit OTT to get an electrician in just to move an earth clamp, but I obviously don't want to do anything that will cause a safety problem.

You would normally use an insulation resistance test instrument set on a low range and carry out a test between the suspect part and the known earth/MET to determine the resistance. It would not be deemed extraneous if above 23Kohms. Unfortunately most people who are not electricians will not possess such test equipment.
 
no.it's the pipe entering the property that needs bonding.

That what I mean...so you would keep the clamp on the horizontal section of pipe (lower clamp) and remove the one on the vertical section of pipe (higher clamp) :stuart:
 

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