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I am adding showers, sinks, radiators and toilets in an extension to my house. As all the pipework will be plastic do I need to earth bond all the items back to the distribution board? All light switches are located outside of the new rooms. Sockets provided for washing machine and tumble dryer will be on a new circuit and therefore earthed back at the board.

2006-12-12 08:03:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden Maintenance & Repairs

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If your existing plumbing is already bonded at the main panel, your new plumbing will be grounded already, seeing as it is connected to the existing plumbing. If you are doing the work yourself, check local codes for a definitive answer because different cities have different building codes.

2006-12-12 08:12:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The reason the electrician wanted to bond to the incoming main is beacuse this is a good place to get a proper grounding point. The entire plumbing system for the whole neighbor acts as the ground. Since you don't have a metal main, he will have to find another large metal source, preferrably not located inside the building. If someone was touching the boiler when a circuit was grounded, they may experience a shock if the ground was bonded to it. I would check with you local inspectors and see what they suggest/will allow.

2016-05-23 15:31:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

The 'earth' ground is for when a hot wire comes loose and in contact with the metal case on your washing machine, hair dryer in water or other such event.
All metal (conductive) appliances need the case tied to ground to keep people from getting electrocuted if the hot wire comes loose. The ground runs from the appliance plug through the 3rd (green) wire connected to the outlet to the earth ground (or metal water pipes).
Any ungrounded outlets do not meet code and should you ever wish to sell your property, would cost lots of $$ to correct in retro work, to make the property code compliant.

2006-12-12 08:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by kate 7 · 0 0

Plastic pipes have not electrical conductivity.Anyway is impossible to earth bond a toilet(technical I mean).You ve must earth bond only electrical equipments but i am shore that are already protected by the producer.Maybe you can see a yellow-green cable at the electrical connection.

2006-12-12 08:30:13 · answer #4 · answered by marcello 1 · 0 0

Even with plastic pipe all fixtures are considered grounded already.(through the water I would guess) Code requires that your water pipes be bonded to the circuit breaker box, so it should be done already.

2006-12-12 08:19:26 · answer #5 · answered by morris 5 · 0 0

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