Hi James if a plastic water pipe is in coming, should it still be earthed on the copper side after stop tap incase the pipe goes into brick walls throughout the house etc? Could it not introduce earth potential?
Hi Adam, Thank you for your question. If the incoming water pipe is plastic, it is generally not a requirement to apply protective bonding. However, if the copper pipework after the stop tap goes underground or comes into contact with earth, then in that case it would become an extraneous conductive part, which would require bonding. An extraneous conductive part is a conductive part that could introduce a potential, generally earth potential. Examples of this would be where metal pipes are in contact with the earth and also metal pipes that run between more than one installation. Regards James
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Hi James if a plastic water pipe is in coming, should it still be earthed on the copper side after stop tap incase the pipe goes into brick walls throughout the house etc? Could it not introduce earth potential?
Hi Adam,
Thank you for your question. If the incoming water pipe is plastic, it is generally not a requirement to apply protective bonding. However, if the copper pipework after the stop tap goes underground or comes into contact with earth, then in that case it would become an extraneous conductive part, which would require bonding.
An extraneous conductive part is a conductive part that could introduce a potential, generally earth potential. Examples of this would be where metal pipes are in contact with the earth and also metal pipes that run between more than one installation.
Regards
James