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Earthing a bathroom

A house is being refurbished. In the old bathroom was a tangle of earth wires around the pipes that connected to the earth conductors for the cables used for the lighting and upstairs socket circuits. A new bathroom has been installed complete with new plumbing and the electrics have been partially rewired. The only electrical devices in the bathroom are a ceiling light and an extractor fan run from the lighting circuit.


Is the correct earthing / equipotential circuit to connect the cold water pipe, the hot water pipe, and the radiator pipes together then connect this to the earth for the lighting circuit? That way all metal objects will be at the same potential. The upstairs socket earth doesn't need to be connected because there is nothing on this circuit in the bathroom.
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  • Former Community Member
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    Arran,

    You might get better responses over on the Wring Regulations forum.


    Basically there should be no need for supplementary bonding as the main protective bonding must be upgraded to comply with the current version of BS 7671, along with the remainder of the circuits.

    However, this does depend on the details of the installation.

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  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member
    Arran,

    You might get better responses over on the Wring Regulations forum.


    Basically there should be no need for supplementary bonding as the main protective bonding must be upgraded to comply with the current version of BS 7671, along with the remainder of the circuits.

    However, this does depend on the details of the installation.

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