Earthing Solutions according to NIC

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Hi Folks

Long time no yak - I've been to Crete for a week!

There have been many discussions here about problem earthing situations - here are the NIC's solutions to two of them:

When supp bonding in bathrooms, if a connection is sweated on to a pipe, there is no need to make allowance for access to the joint, as it is deemed permanent.

Plus, as it can be made out of sight, it makes for a neater job.

Second, the age-old dilemma "What to do if my lighting has no earth?"

Well, you don't HAVE to rewire. As long as a cpc is run in "close proximity" to the live, then this is deemed acceptable.


This has been taken from the NIC book "snags & solutions- earthing and bonding" out now 15 quid, niceic.org.uk.

Have to acknowledge my source, you understand!
 
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When you ring up to order a copy, they ask for your address and CC details, then they make you promise to pledge allegiance to the NIC and remain faithful come-what-may:
This is what I had to agree to in order to secure a copy -


I promise to remain faithful to the NIC -

(i) even if the NIC interpretation of 7671 starts to become absurdly OTT and restrictive

(ii) even though NIC members look down on "ordinary" sparks as if they were sh*t on their shoes

(iii) even if NIC members choose to completely ignore 7671 and install to their own standards

(iv) even when despite the fact that we are listed as a charity, and as such restricted as to our behaviour, we still try to brown nose the government to insist on the implementation of certain standards. And suceed...



But by the time you get round to calling, that list will have increased 10-fold, with the addition of several even more ridiculous clauses introduced with very little notice and no explanation of why they were introduced.

But let's not be cynical...
 
Where should you stick it?

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