Hi
A few days ago we had a Dyson engineer come to fix the vacuum cleaner.
The same guy has been fixing the washing machine and vacuum here for years.
I wasn’t at home, but after he had fixed it, he tested the electrics by putting a tester
in a regular socket.
He told my wife that the reading on the Earth bonding is way above what it should be
(she thinks he said 200).
And that it needs to be looked at.
We’ve lived here for years, and nothing major has been done to the electrics.
The Earth bond is set up like this and hasn’t changed since we’ve been here.
On the outside wall, directly from the consumer unit a long length of green
(just green) cable is hanging down (not clipped), it has been stripped back
and connected to a metal connector that in turn is screwed to an open piece
of rod (might be iron – thick outer wall). Like an old piece of gas pipe, before
copper was used.
The exposed rod is about 6 inches in length and runs through concrete,
that runs to earth.
But where we live there is only around 2 foot of soil, below that is just sand.
The Dyson guy said that we could pour water on the earth wire, but I’d prefer
for a permanent fix.
So if I turn off the CU and re-strip the cable and clean it up, and make sure
everything is tight – what “wall socket tester” would be the best to see if the
reading has changed?
And if so, what is an acceptable reading for an Earth Bond?
Or could I just re-route the cable and bond to the cold water pipe under the kitchen sink?
Many thanks in advance.
Stephen
A few days ago we had a Dyson engineer come to fix the vacuum cleaner.
The same guy has been fixing the washing machine and vacuum here for years.
I wasn’t at home, but after he had fixed it, he tested the electrics by putting a tester
in a regular socket.
He told my wife that the reading on the Earth bonding is way above what it should be
(she thinks he said 200).
And that it needs to be looked at.
We’ve lived here for years, and nothing major has been done to the electrics.
The Earth bond is set up like this and hasn’t changed since we’ve been here.
On the outside wall, directly from the consumer unit a long length of green
(just green) cable is hanging down (not clipped), it has been stripped back
and connected to a metal connector that in turn is screwed to an open piece
of rod (might be iron – thick outer wall). Like an old piece of gas pipe, before
copper was used.
The exposed rod is about 6 inches in length and runs through concrete,
that runs to earth.
But where we live there is only around 2 foot of soil, below that is just sand.
The Dyson guy said that we could pour water on the earth wire, but I’d prefer
for a permanent fix.
So if I turn off the CU and re-strip the cable and clean it up, and make sure
everything is tight – what “wall socket tester” would be the best to see if the
reading has changed?
And if so, what is an acceptable reading for an Earth Bond?
Or could I just re-route the cable and bond to the cold water pipe under the kitchen sink?
Many thanks in advance.
Stephen
