Continuity bonding gas meter removal nvq level 3 question

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

i wouldnt imagine you have used the terminology you have only been qualified a few weeks

That is all it takes to stop having to use the terminology.

Everything is a thingy now!

 

[gas112]

amazing how everyone knows what that thingy thing is

 

[dilalio]

OP: before you attach anything to any side... first test to make sure there is not 240v running through it... and I don't mean by licking your finger and touching it

 

[John D v2.0]

OP: before you attach anything to any side... first test to make sure there is not 240v running through it... and I don't mean by licking your finger and touching it

How would he do that? Bang an earth rod in away from the house and use a multimeter?
That's the point of the temporary bond, so you needn't worry about that.

Also minor point that voltage is a relative difference between 2 points, it's only current that can flow through a conductor.

Edit : although he should check the main bonding is present first of course

 

[Riley26]

Upstream /downstream, when connecting, reverse when disconnecting

So supplier side of the meter first then customer side?

 

[Stadan20]

Doesn't matter if u get it wrong mate , they seem to pass any one these days

 

[footprints]

Must admit they laid in my toolbag gathering dust till they fell apart!
Interestingly though I did once disconnect a meter union and see a spark jump across, still here though

 

[dilalio]

Must admit they laid in my toolbag gathering dust till they fell apart!
Interestingly though I did once disconnect a meter union and see a spark jump across, still here though

What! You mean you actually saw an electrician (spark) do some work!

 

[FiremanT]

Doesn't matter if u get it wrong mate , they seem to pass any one these days

It was ever thus

 

[Dan Robinson]

I call them an "inspection bond" . It's about the only time I remember to put some in the van

 

[gas112]

Dont think i have ever used one in the real world

 

[ianmcd]

They are good if you have 2 and need to change the battery in your van or car and dont want to reset all the radio codes and stuff

 

[John D v2.0]

I'm genuinely surprised people here have such strong opinions against unqualified work (rightly so in many cases), yet so many are openly declaring that they don't bother following the regs themselves in this respect.
It's not something that will get you every time, but in a pme situation with a broken neutral, the bonding could be carrying most of the neutral current unnoticed. Hence why the bonding is so thick. I wouldn't want to be there when it's opened under load.

 

[flameport]

but in a pme situation with a broken neutral, the bonding could be carrying most of the neutral current

Bonding in TN-C-S installations can carry a substantial current even if there is no fault.

 

[John D v2.0]

Good point, they could be a parallel path. But at least you're not breaking the circuit completely if the neutral is still there!