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should stainless steel cooker splashback be earthed?
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 =A3100 or so it will have an earth tag if bonding is required, but I was looking at those on ebay for about =A330 that i guess are pretty much home made and probably won't be so particular about regulations, if there are any. anyone know? cheers, rob. |
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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 chimney style extractor hood above. Should it be earth bonded? (by law and/or common sense) There's no legal requirement to bond it (unless it is part of the appliance). Given the large area, I would consider bonding it, if there is any conceivable way it could get an imperfect earth by some means. This could be if it touches a metal cased earthed appliance (including the cooker), or metal pipework. If it only conceivably touches insulated items, it may be safer to leave it unbonded. Christian. |
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