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QUICKY question to resolve a dispute, haha! (a clue would be... a DSO / other near a sink)...

Hiya, I know everyone's busy so this is a QUICKY!!


How far, (if any), does a DSO / SSO / Sw'd Spur etc... have to be away from a kitchen sink?


Fanks... ?


regards... 


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  • WHAT, if there was a damaged cable that was touching some pipework that wasn't bonded???

    Just the same as if a person was touching a damaged cable. I hope no-one's suggesting we start bonding them!  I think the emphasis these days is on keeping the cables in good condition and not running them next to pipework in the first place, let alone squeezed through the same hole in a joist and so on. The responsibility for dealing with electrical faults should be within the electrical system - rather than trying to chase them all around the house via and old bit of metalwork that other trades might or might not have supplied and may or may not alter (e.g. with plastic joints) when our backs are turned.


    Plus of course earthing/bonding everything in sight can often increase shock risk - by creating a path to earth for the victim where might not have been one before.


       - Andy.
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  • WHAT, if there was a damaged cable that was touching some pipework that wasn't bonded???

    Just the same as if a person was touching a damaged cable. I hope no-one's suggesting we start bonding them!  I think the emphasis these days is on keeping the cables in good condition and not running them next to pipework in the first place, let alone squeezed through the same hole in a joist and so on. The responsibility for dealing with electrical faults should be within the electrical system - rather than trying to chase them all around the house via and old bit of metalwork that other trades might or might not have supplied and may or may not alter (e.g. with plastic joints) when our backs are turned.


    Plus of course earthing/bonding everything in sight can often increase shock risk - by creating a path to earth for the victim where might not have been one before.


       - Andy.
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