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Well for staters the earth coming into your house is called your MAIN EARTHING CONDUCTOR not bonding.
And secondly wp is right what your proposing is an earth tag. Your earthing the SWA armour.
Bonding is bringing all extrenous parts to the same potential so different potentials don't exist.
 
S = Isquared x T then hit square root and finally divided by K i think lol cant show exactly asdont know how to on the laptop its in the regs pg128
S = is the nominal cross sectional area of the conducter
I squared is the value in amperes of fault current of negligable impedence which can flow through the protective device , due account being taken fof the current limiting effect on the circuit impedences and the limiting capability I2t
T the operating time of the disconnecting device in seconds corresponds to the fault current I amperes
K is the factor taking into account of the resistivity ,temperature coefficient and heat capacity of the conductor material , and the apropriate initial and final temperatures
 
simon please its too easy check out page 167 544.1 amendment 1 2011

is supplementory bonding not connecting of conductive parts of electrical and non electrical items to prevent a dangerous voltage to prevent a dangerous voltage apearing between them under an earth fault conditions
 
i beleive its exactly that and i even quoted the regulation should someone wish to dispute my statement.
the fly lead is earthing / providing supplementory or aditional bonding to the armour - just in case i didn't bury it deep enough.
them terms are quite alright i've not made any blaring errors
 
i beleive its exactly that and i even quoted the regulation should someone wish to dispute my statement.
the fly lead is earthing / providing supplementory or aditional bonding to the armour - just in case i didn't bury it deep enough.
them terms are quite alright i've not made any blaring errors

But what you keep failing to miss is earthing and bonding are two separate things.
Your idea is fine to provide an additional earth tag in case of failure of a decent earthing of the gland to the panel (like if someone fails to scrape off the galvanised paint).
But I would call this earthing because you are providing a back up to the steel wire earthing. Others may have a different opinion. There is no potential difference to occur between the two points because both points are already earthed.
 
its not a back up to the SWA earthing it is the SWA earthing and yes the proper term is bonding (but we all know the difference)

either way is my original post right or wrong
 
sorry just red your post am i completely stupid i've been classing the fly lead as the link from the gland nut / banjo to the earth bar.

is the fly lead something different
 
if the bonding wasn't connected, then theres no connection to earth for the armour.

i'd say the armourd sheath is an extraneous conected part so needs to be connected back to the earth to allow the supply to be automaticaly disconnected by the circut protective devices should a fault occur.

would you not say that?
 
if the bonding wasn't connected, then theres no connection to earth for the armour.

i'd say the armourd sheath is an extraneous conected part so needs to be connected back to the earth to allow the supply to be automaticaly disconnected by the circut protective devices should a fault occur.

would you not say that?

No I wouldn't.
The SWA is connected to earth via the gland which would be connected to the steel casing of the DB board which is connected to the earth bar via the way it is made. Therefore you don't need a fly lead. If your DB casing is plastic than you would use a fly leadbut this would act as an extension of the earthed steel wire. Therefore an earth.
 
what steel casing on the DB, its not mentioned, did you presume it was steel, id tend to think if it was steel then the question wouldn't have been asked either way the reply is still the same supplementory bonding is 1/2 protective conductor 544.2
 

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