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Caravan hook up
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Hi I am fitting a caravan hook up on the wall next to the dno incomer box. No wires exposed. Do I still require an earth rod. The earth bond will be prob 1 ft long inside so not exposed. I know if I fit the box away using swa then yes earth rod would be used.
Bit confused, what I really wanted to know was if I fit my hook up on the wall directly next to the incomer main box, no expossed wiring at all can I connect to my home using its earth. If I was fitting a hook up say 20 ft away on a pole say like a caravan site I understand it would require the earth rood and for it to be TT. Ivor way if an standard caravan extension lead is used if there was a break from say earth rod /hook up box then the caravan would still be dangerous anyway. The only way is for a earth rod attached at the caravan chassis. Where ever the caravan is parked. In my instance the caravan is parked on my tarmac and the hook up box I want to fit will be on wall so the connection to the hook up would have its 1.5ft swa cable inside not expossed at all. Ivor way I fully understand the that caravan sites have an earth rod next to the hook up post, but the extension leads to the caravan are 10meters so unless the caravan its self has an earthrod then every caravan on any site is still expossed to this danger. Just because the hook up has a rod means that it's protected up to that point, but extending to caravan via extension lead means has stl its risk
Bit confused, what I really wanted to know was if I fit my hook up on the wall directly next to the incomer main box, no expossed wiring at all can I connect to my home using its earth. If I was fitting a hook up say 20 ft away on a pole say like a caravan site I understand it would require the earth rood and for it to be TT. Ivor way if an standard caravan extension lead is used if there was a break from say earth rod /hook up box then the caravan would still be dangerous anyway. The only way is for a earth rod attached at the caravan chassis. Where ever the caravan is parked. In my instance the caravan is parked on my tarmac and the hook up box I want to fit will be on wall so the connection to the hook up would have its 1.5ft swa cable inside not expossed at all. Ivor way I fully understand the that caravan sites have an earth rod next to the hook up post, but the extension leads to the caravan are 10meters so unless the caravan its self has an earthrod then every caravan on any site is still expossed to this danger. Just because the hook up has a rod means that it's protected up to that point, but extending to caravan via extension lead means has stl its risk
