Question about electric shower wiring

[David Hansen]

On 19 May 2006 07:18:50 -0700 someone who may be [e-mail] wrote this:-

Such showers should be solidly bonded to the main earth terminal. This is one way of doing so.

[John Rumm]

Yup, quite agree (thought for a min you were going to say Part taking the Pee!)

It is not like we did not tell em either:

What was stupid was the way the officials did this in England and

Sad thing is that by enacting such non enforceable drivel you just lower the respect for the law as a whole.

[John Rumm]

Hmmm, odd, there is no requirement to take the suplimentary bonds in a bathroom back to the CU. In effect you usually do indirectly, since you will usually bond the CPCs of any circuits in there as well, which will return to the CU. (hence Andy's question about if this was the entry point of the water main into the house - which id the circumstance that would require a dedicated connection to the CU)

[John Rumm]

IME 6mm^2 is very nearly as much as a PITA as 10mm^2 anyway...