My original reading of this was an automatic garage door, almost certainly earthed via CPC, so would it need separate bonding? Many of the above answers are right, but generally not establishing just what is actually risky here:
However, to have a fire risk you need any extraneous part to be in good enough contact that more than, say 10A or so, can flow for long periods to risk a 1mm (or 0.75mm flex) CPC from overheating. So a typical outdoor light is almost certainly an extraneous conductive part as it will leak to the true Earth, but it ain't seeing tens of amps flowing so does not need a separate main bond!
Realistically if you attempted an Ra measurement and it is not below 20 ohms or so then its not needing 10mm bonds, though the regs don't specify anything beyond the bond size. I guess the implicit assumption here is the bonds considered are big stuff: metallic service pipes, steel structures, foundation rebar, lightning conductors, etc, any of which could well be in the 1 ohm or less territory.
The open PEN risk for general metalwork is one of those aspects that is sort of addressed by special areas, and now but EV charging under their own rules, but it has caused some serious risks before in situations that are still not addressed.
- Is a bond needed to avoid shock risk between simultaneously griped parts?
- Is any bond present large enough to avoid a fire risk under fault (open PEN) conditions?
- Is the presence of PME connected metalwork a significant hazard?
However, to have a fire risk you need any extraneous part to be in good enough contact that more than, say 10A or so, can flow for long periods to risk a 1mm (or 0.75mm flex) CPC from overheating. So a typical outdoor light is almost certainly an extraneous conductive part as it will leak to the true Earth, but it ain't seeing tens of amps flowing so does not need a separate main bond!
Realistically if you attempted an Ra measurement and it is not below 20 ohms or so then its not needing 10mm bonds, though the regs don't specify anything beyond the bond size. I guess the implicit assumption here is the bonds considered are big stuff: metallic service pipes, steel structures, foundation rebar, lightning conductors, etc, any of which could well be in the 1 ohm or less territory.
The open PEN risk for general metalwork is one of those aspects that is sort of addressed by special areas, and now but EV charging under their own rules, but it has caused some serious risks before in situations that are still not addressed.
UPDATE: Pupils and teacher suffer electric shocks at Burnley school
THIRTEEN children and a teacher needed treatment for electric shocks after an incident at a Burnley primary school.
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