boiler oil pipe earthing

[jon3674]

I have recently noticed there is no earthing on my oil pipe which feeds the boiler. Am i right in saying that i need to run a 10mm earth cable from the oil pipe to the consumer unit? if so do i attach the earth cable on the oil pipe on the inside of the property or on the outside of the property?

cheers

 

[Newboy1996]

Yes you need bonding on your incoming oil pipe, 10mm earth cable back to your earth block on fuseboard (difficult if on other side of house!)
If its microbore (10mm diameter copper), be careful not to over tighten the screw on the soft pipe. Some boilers have two pipes if you have a tigerloop device, you would bond both.
Attach within 60mm from entry inside your house.

 

[electronicsuk]

*600mm

 

[Newboy1996]

Ok, make that 60cms then!

 

[nozspark]

Please note that normal pipe clamps are not made for 10mm pipe!!!

The only way to do it properly is either to have a solder joint or to get an oil heating engineer to stick a piece of 15mm in (either way you will need the heating bod to drain the supply pipe!!)