The 'exciting change', as he calls it, at 2m12 is just a correction of an unexplicable long standing error.
Earth bonding,...required or not?
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To be fair he does seem quite enthusiastic about most things;...but he’s a bit cavalier about the changes to the font size on the safety notices/labels;
...he reckons he’ll ignore that particular change,...he’s a rebel without a clause.
Have they since realized the font size is a mistake and are going to amend it
and are going to amend itMisconceptions or not, I did a fair bit of 'new build' wiring mid 70's to early 80's and SEEBoard insisted on doing a full inspection before they would connect. They would check EVERYTHING including door and window hinges and handles.
Fortunately the chippies were very good at creating the space for the wiring.
Not sure off the top of my head if this would have been 14th or 15th.
Fortunately the chippies were very good at creating the space for the wiring.
Not sure off the top of my head if this would have been 14th or 15th.
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What do you want me to say?
They were either unable to read or just stupid.
Why did you not explain to them?
Spoons?
They were either unable to read or just stupid.
Why did you not explain to them?
Spoons?
I suppose one of the issues may have been (and, indeed, I suppose could possibly be argued even today) that if one feels it appropriate to invoke the "wet walls" etc. argument, then it could be felt that things like metal window and door frames had to be considered as potentially being extraneous-c-ps?
Kind Regards, John
Simon did say they were new-builds.
He did - but does that necessarily mean that they didn't have metal frames and potentially wet walls? Does SUNRAY=Simon?
Kind Regards, John
Oh yes, SUNRAY.
Ok, Bernard. What about the hinges?
Ok, Bernard. What about the hinges?
I don't recall the exact wording used, and to be honest 40 years on I'm not very interested but the inspectors seemed to quote something like 'all exposed metalwork'.
The builder did his best to sort it out but at the end of the inspection there was no power unless we cooperated with their bovine excreta. One of the problems being they would suddenly find something else, I recall kitchen cupboards being fitted with a set of bakelite handles which were used time and time again then replaced with metal after inspection, the strip of wood in the hall with coat hooks went up later and brass curtain tracks became plastic.
Even the plumbers reamed out yorkshire Tees and slipped them over pipes to provide dummy links between adjacent pipes. It got better around 81/82 when the regs changed but around then I stopped doing that work.
Ive had a similar recommendation made by my electrician who was saying he needs to run earth cable from there CU to the gas and water pipe. He mentioned the earth wiring needs to be 10 mm.
The gas meter sits in an external recessed cupboard and the gas pipe enters the house immediately adjacent to the consumer unit;...the consumer unit is inside the house (in a hallway cupboard).
The incoming gas pipe is definitely earth bonded at the point of entry into the property...see pic.
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Is this 10mm earth? is it going all the way back to the consumer unit?
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You are a dear. But what would Mrs Secure say?
Yes please.
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