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So I called them today and was given a very generic answer of "it's to ensure the safety of the spa because obviously it's an electrical product and there's water involved." I asked if they could explain exactly what bonding to the terminal on the pump achieves and they could not offer any...

Sounds to me like it's really not necessary in this situation. I will contact the manufacturer to see what they say it's supposedly for. If I was really concerned, I guess I could just put some flex on it and wire earth only in a plug and shove in the same double socket that I'm plugging in to...

Thanks EFLImpudence. Product manual is here: https://support.bestwayaftersales.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BW14294-Lay-Z-Spa_Saint_Tropez_Airjet.pdf The pump and heater is one combined unit, sorry should have been more specific. It's earthed and has RCD incorporated into the plug.

Thanks Harry. I should have said, not a standard 3 pin plug, it has a 10mA RCD incorporated. The sockets are all on 30mA RCD as well. I strongly suspect 99% of people don't bother about the bonding, but I'm that 1% who worry about it!

When in use the spa isn't supplied. It's a fill once then remove hosepipe sort of thing. The pump is electrically supplied via a 7m lead with standard 3 pin plug. There is a terminal on the base of the pump to connect to for bonding.

Thanks. So that rules that out. Maybe not using something like that, but would connection to the earth of a socket be an appropriate method at all? It's an inflatable hot tub, basically a huge over-engineered paddling pool, with pump/heater attached. Like this...

Hi, I bought a lay z spa, and contrary to what I was expecting, it's potentially not quite plug and play. According to the manual "it is recommended to arrange for a qualified electrician to connect the spa pump to an equipotential bonding terminal using a minimum 2.5mm² solid copper conductor"...

Yeah I figured it would be fine but just wanted to put the question out there just in case there was something I hadn't considered. I'm not relocating the FCU because I have a cat who really enjoys chewing wires, so having it completely concealed suits me, and avoids the need for me to use...

I'll wear a jacket!

Thanks EFLImpudence, I haven't checked the existing FCU for a section to cut out so will have to do that, incidentally that's exactly what I was looking to replace it with - the type that allows the flex to come out the bottom. Thanks again!

I'd like to know if there is a reason this would not be a good idea? Recently moved into a new house and we removed a fireplace housing an electric fire. This was connected to a fused spur off of a socket on the downstairs ring circuit. I intend to put a pretty large media unit in the spot...

Thanks for the replies folks. I really have no confidence in this person at all now. I think I'm going to have to get another electrician in now do make sure this is safe. This guy is supposed to be coming back out on Saturday to deal with the loft wiring... Genuinely don't know what to do now...

So just had a conversation with the electrician. There was apparently some miscommunication. He thought his brother and enclosed all the connections and vice versa (there were two of them). They'll come out to sort it, and also tidy up the wiring. I mentioned the circuit breaker being under...

Can you elaborate on that so I can tell them? Thank you.

Frodo, sorry for my ignorance, but what's the relevance of that? Is it ok?

The bulbs are 7w LED running off of mains voltage so shouldn't generate much heat, is a cap required in that case?

Oh and the fact they didn't put my loft insulation back in place. Maybe that's a good thing though because I may not have picked up in this.

Yes rocky that's the sad thing. They've done an amazing job of the bathrooms. My only complaints are the electrics and the use of cheap extractor fans.

And yes, sorry, downlight were part of the job.

They're going to come see me over the weekend and discuss the issues. I just figured it's cheap and easy enough for me to put the chocboxes in the light terminal blocks. Will check the shower earth - if memory serves me I think it was stranded.