Bonding a washing m/c.
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It's not, and hasn't been for a long time.
End of.
How many people have told you to get an electrician in?
Basically you're one of those people who is only interested in following advice which corresponds to what you've already decided to do, aren't you, and you're just going to ignore advice you don't like.
There's no point you being here - please go away.
Useless. Water pipes are not suitable for use as an earth.
a what?
That socket might be waterproof, but the washing machine certainly won't be.
Either the waterproof socket wasn't required or the location is not suitable for the washing machine.
Surely wired to a fusebox or consumer unit, not to the meter directly.
Yes, washing machines require an earth connection, as do many other appliances.
The earth connection is provided as part of the circuit cabling.
The cable is sized depending on the protective device, how it is installed and the length of the circuit.
The socket will require RCD protection.
It is likely to be notifiable work.
Nothing you have done could possibly comply with 'regulations today' or any others published in the last 40 years.
You have no understanding of how circuits are designed and installed.
The wiring in your home is clearly old, probably unsafe, and adding random items to it will just make a bad situation worse.
G
Goldberg
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I've got some old books that have frequency described in cycles per second instead of Hertz.
I have an old book that has capacitance described in Jars instead of Farads.
I have nothing to suggest what an "r" is. A Russian Ohm perhaps (Гом
?
For those who don't do electronics, 'R' is the designation for resistances with orders of magnitude < 10³.
http://www.rapidonline.com/Electron...tors/0.25W-Carbon-composition-resistors/79893
http://www.rapidonline.com/Electron...tors/0.25W-Carbon-composition-resistors/79893
Can of worms
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R is not a multplier like K ( kilo = x 1000 ) and M ( meg = x 1000000)
2200 ohms is 2.2 K ohms or 2K2
2200000 is 2.2 M ohms or 2M2
2.2 ohms is 2.2 ohms or 2R2
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R is not a multplier like K ( kilo = x 1000 ) and M ( meg = x 1000000)
2200 ohms is 2.2 K ohms or 2K2
2200000 is 2.2 M ohms or 2M2
2.2 ohms is 2.2 ohms or 2R2
I didn't say it was a multiplier.
Surely you aren't denying that 2.2R is commonly used?
It is not very often used as 2.2R in circuit design as R is the most common prefix for the resistors name and confusion can arise.
Hi again,
You really must try my home brew- you're all getting far too serious flameport- How on earth could I wire to the meter- I meant this is just the area of concern- where the consumer unit- the main supplier's fusing- and the main or 'trunk' earth enclosing the RED & BLACK Company wires- ( I can't help it if all my wires ar the same colour.
I have a lot of very dangerous twin cables- brown and blue- at mains potential and no earth- in fact I' tripping over them- like the rest of you- may I add.
To boot I don't think any of you would volenteer to hold the live L in my house, and put a bare hand on my water pipe earth- since it's not an earth- or is it?
I would love to see you doing a morris dance!
The R is used on all my ccts in place of and tidier than Ohm.
I did often wonder if impedance comes into electrician's earthing checks?
The machine is in a veranda , which would be subject to more condensation than in the kitchenp and may leak the rain a little.
I know about RCDs and will have more of suchlike in time- as a complete rewire and CU - WHEN my wiring is unsafe.
And I know there are other devices.
It's the change the colour for no reason I object to.
All the best.
You really must try my home brew- you're all getting far too serious flameport- How on earth could I wire to the meter- I meant this is just the area of concern- where the consumer unit- the main supplier's fusing- and the main or 'trunk' earth enclosing the RED & BLACK Company wires- ( I can't help it if all my wires ar the same colour.
I have a lot of very dangerous twin cables- brown and blue- at mains potential and no earth- in fact I' tripping over them- like the rest of you- may I add.
To boot I don't think any of you would volenteer to hold the live L in my house, and put a bare hand on my water pipe earth- since it's not an earth- or is it?
I would love to see you doing a morris dance!
The R is used on all my ccts in place of and tidier than Ohm.
I did often wonder if impedance comes into electrician's earthing checks?
The machine is in a veranda , which would be subject to more condensation than in the kitchenp and may leak the rain a little.
I know about RCDs and will have more of suchlike in time- as a complete rewire and CU - WHEN my wiring is unsafe.
And I know there are other devices.
It's the change the colour for no reason I object to.
All the best.
H
holmslaw
Stupid C U Next Tuesday
That's at least twice this year that I actually agree with you
S
sparkyspike
No, an electrician wouldn't do this. He or she would use a meter to determine whether the pipe was extraneous and to determine whether the pipe was correctly bonded to the MET. A water pipe is not an earth conductor, although it can introduce earth potential which is why it is bonded.
You say you'll use RCD protection when your installation becomes unsafe. When do you expect this will be?
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