Disconnected earth bonding wires under kitchen sink.

[Gavie]

Hi folks I see similar topics but not that help me too much.
Underneath my kitchen sink I have 2 earth wires (one thick & one thin) the thick one is connected to a water meter at one end & nothing on the other.
The thin wire comes from somewhere below my kitchen cabinet so I don't know what it is attached to but connects to nothing.
There is no visible wire connected to my stop cock.
Any ideas where each of these wires should be connected?
Any advice would be most appreciated.

 

[Andy165]

Earth bonding. Electrician required to connect it properly to current standards. Would have been better to post this in electric forum.

 

[Gavie]

Thanks for your reply, I'm new on here & wasn't sure if it was a plumbing or electrical thing cheers!

 

[Gavie]

Hi folks I see similar topics but not that help me too much.
Underneath my kitchen sink I have 2 earth wires (one thick & one thin) the thick one is connected to a water meter at one end & nothing on the other.
The thin wire comes from somewhere below my kitchen cabinet so I don't know what it is attached to but connects to nothing.
There is no visible wire connected to my stop cock.
Any ideas where each of these wires should be connected?
Any advice would be most appreciated.

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[Deleted member 267285]

They might not be needed anymore, I think there was a change in one of the electrical editions where if plastic piping was used then main equipotential bonding isn’t needed, as it can create a fault under certain conditions.

 

[Taylortwocities]

I guess the tap on the left is the stop cock on the cold water rising main?

If so, there seems to be an earth cable attached to thd clamp there that disappears through the cabinet base. I suppose that connects to the Main Earthing Terminal at the CU?

The other cut off wires are not needed.

 

[Gavie]

Thanks you both for your replies, yes Taylortwocities, the tap on the left is indeed the cold water stop cock.
There is no earth wire attached directly to the stop cock but on the connection that goes from there into the water meter.
Thank you both again for your input.

 

[EFLImpudence]

You seem to have replied in a new thread:

Thanks you both for your replies, yes Taylortwocities, the tap on the left is indeed the cold water stop cock.
There is no earth wire attached directly to the stop cock but on the connection that goes from there into the water meter.
Thank you both again for your input.

 

[Taylortwocities]

The earth cable that is connected at the water meter, should be connected immediately above the stop cock.

 

[Taylortwocities]

@Gavie please post replies on the original topic. You should start a new one!
I have replied there.

 

[EFLImpudence]

There is no earth wire attached directly to the stop cock

Why do you think there should be?

but on the connection that goes from there into the water meter.

Ok.

I would say, strictly speaking, the Bonding wire should be connected to the pipe which emerges from the ground below the stopcock .

 

[Gavie]

Apologies if I replied to a wrong thread I'm useless with the internet.
My post was originally posted in the general category as I didn't know if it was an electrical question or a plumbing one.
Regarding the unconnected wires is it fair then to say that even if not ideally connected in the correct place the earth wires that are connected should do the job without the other 2 wires being connected as they are now?

 

[Gavie]

PS EFLimpuence,
Before posting I looked to see if my query had been answered in another thread.
Reading previous threads I read that there should be bonding attached to the stopcock.
I myself have no clue, so appreciate that you took the time to post a reply cheers!

 

[Taylortwocities]

I would say, strictly speaking, the Bonding wire should be connected to the pipe which emerges from the ground below the stopcock .

The bonding attaches to the water pipe on the customer side of the stop cock. So above the stop cock and before any other branch or joint.

 

[Gavie]

Thanks for that Taylortwocities