In article .com,
writes:
hey,
we're just fitting a new kitchen, and intend to have a stainless steel
splashback behind our dual fuel (gas hob/electric oven) cooker. There's
a chimney style extractor hood above.
Should it be earth bonded? (by law and/or common sense)
I presume if I buy the manufacturers spalshback for £100 or so it will
have an earth tag if bonding is required, but I was looking at those on
ebay for about £30 that i guess are pretty much home made and probably
won't be so particular about regulations, if there are any.
anyone know?

There's no requirement for earth bonding in a kitchen.
Some people do it, and others don't. Personally I do
within reach of the sink. It's not universally held
to be a good idea though -- there are some failure modes
where it makes things more lethal.

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Andrew Gabriel