OK, I can bond the flow and return pipes just above floor level no problem, so they meet requirements to be accessible but can't see how I can bond the actual towel radiator. All pipework is copper all the way, is it really necessary? The tails up to the radiator are around 15" any advice please?

On Saturday, 13 January 2018 21:09:35 UTC, wrote:
OK, I can bond the flow and return pipes just above floor level no problem, so they meet requirements to be accessible but can't see how I can bond the actual towel radiator. All pipework is copper all the way, is it really necessary? The tails up to the radiator are around 15" any advice please?

if it's all copper, bonding one of the pies does bond the towel rail


NT

On 13/01/2018 21:09, wrote:

OK, I can bond the flow and return pipes just above floor level no
problem,

No requirement to do it in the room. You can bond the pipes outside of
the room, or under the floor if its easier / neater.

so they meet requirements to be accessible but can't see how
I can bond the actual towel radiator.

You can't and there is no requirement to do so. A towel radiator is
incapable of bringing a potential into your equipotential zone by
itself! (its pipework may be able to, but that is a different thing)

All pipework is copper all the
way, is it really necessary? The tails up to the radiator are around
15" any advice please?




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In article ,
John Rumm wrote:
No requirement to do it in the room. You can bond the pipes outside of
the room, or under the floor if its easier / neater.

Interesting. Just how far away is allowed? I ask as all of my system is
copper, and all joints soldered - with the exception of connections to
pumps and so on.

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On 14/01/2018 10:32, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
John Rumm wrote:
No requirement to do it in the room. You can bond the pipes outside of
the room, or under the floor if its easier / neater.

Interesting. Just how far away is allowed? I ask as all of my system is
copper, and all joints soldered - with the exception of connections to
pumps and so on.

I do not believe a distance was ever set.

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Adam

On 14/01/2018 10:32, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
John Rumm wrote:
No requirement to do it in the room. You can bond the pipes outside of
the room, or under the floor if its easier / neater.

Interesting. Just how far away is allowed? I ask as all of my system is
copper, and all joints soldered - with the exception of connections to
pumps and so on.

I have a feeling that doing it at the point they come out the boiler
might be seen as taking the mick ;-) But within "reasonable
proximity"[1], should allow for future pipework changes that could
interfere with continuity. As Adam says, I don't recall seeing a
specific distance quoted.

[1] Something like under a floor adjacent to the other side of the wall
etc would be easy to defend.

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On 13/01/2018 21:09, wrote:
OK, I can bond the flow and return pipes just above floor level no problem, so they meet requirements to be accessible but can't see how I can bond the actual towel radiator. All pipework is copper all the way, is it really necessary? The tails up to the radiator are around 15" any advice please?





There is not usually a requirement use to supplementary bonding if all
electrical circuits in the bathroom have 30mA RCD protection.

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Adam

On 14/01/2018 10:43, ARW wrote:
On 13/01/2018 21:09, wrote:
OK, I can bond the flow and return pipes just above floor level no
problem, so they meet requirements to be accessible but can't see how
I can bond the actual towel radiator. All pipework is copper all the
way, is it really necessary? The tails up to the radiator are around
15" any advice please?





There is not usually a requirement use to supplementary bonding if all
electrical circuits in the bathroom have 30mA RCD protection.

and the main equipotential bonding at the cu / entry of services etc is
in place....


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John.

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