Earth bonding,...required or not?

[bernardgreen]

Ok, Bernard. What about the hinges?

If the hinge is screwed to a piece of timber and the the screw is long enough to puncture the insulation of a cable ( that should not be ) in the door frame then the hinge could become Live.

With metal wall studding there is the tragic death of Emma Shaw,

""'The testing of electrical circuits is absolutely vital. You were responsible for the failures in checking paperwork.

'Because of your failures and those of others who created this situation, you failed to detect a metal stud frame behind a plaster board at the house was live for a period of some 18 months.""

Read it HERE

Common sense and an open mind are needed to be able to recognise those situations where metal work could become Live due to a fault and thus present a possibly fatal but invisible hazard.

 

[Laurence Harvey]

If the hinge is screwed to a piece of timber and the the screw is long enough to puncture the insulation of a cable ( that should not be ) in the door frame then the hinge could become Live.

With metal wall studding there is the tragic death of Emma Shaw,

""'The testing of electrical circuits is absolutely vital. You were responsible for the failures in checking paperwork.

'Because of your failures and those of others who created this situation, you failed to detect a metal stud frame behind a plaster board at the house was live for a period of some 18 months.""

Read it HERE

Common sense and an open mind are needed to be able to recognise those situations where metal work could become Live due to a fault and thus present a possibly fatal but invisible hazard.

...would a house constructed entirely of steel and/or aluminium solve the problem?