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Oil Pipe Bonding.

A garden oil tank is made of plastic. It is supported on blocks off the ground. Its plastic covered metal oil pipe runs above ground along a wall into a bungalow to the oil boiler. From a visual inspection I believe that the metal pipe is NOT an extraneous-conductive-part, but have not electrically tested it yet.

But…………..there is an earth electrode at the tank position with a length of badly connected green and yellow wire that earths the metal pipe. Why do tank installers do that? So now do I:

a, Remove the earth electrode

or

b, Main bond the metal oil pipe?

Z.

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  • depends - is it accessible to touch indoors ?

    Or outdoors  ?

    The advice from suppliers of fuel tanks generally says earth it, but from a static electricity perspective, so it does not need to be a low impedance.

    Mike.

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  • depends - is it accessible to touch indoors ?

    Or outdoors  ?

    The advice from suppliers of fuel tanks generally says earth it, but from a static electricity perspective, so it does not need to be a low impedance.

    Mike.

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