BONDING LPG CYLINDERS??

[CHICKI]

Could someone please advise me on this? Cylinders are for a gas hod. ?:|

 

[PC Electrics]

Could someone please advise me on this? Cylinders are for a gas hod. ?:|

A gas hod !! Wow, those brickies have it easy these days. Surely a bonding cable would limit the lifting height?

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[Andy™]

depends if its extraneous or not

 

[CHICKI]

Hob! The house is oil fed but the hob comes from the cylinders on the side of the garage which get refilled when needed. I wouldnt say the were extraneous depending on what the gas engineer pipes it up with?

 

[Revved Up Sparky]

If the cylinders (presumably metal) are in contact with the ground outside and the LPG is piped into the house via a metallic pipe then there is a possibility that an earth potential different to that at the MET can be introduced onto the hob, therefore in that instance I think the pipe should be treated as an incoming service and bonded to the MET. However, as Andy suggested, if the pipe is not metal, ie extraneous, then there is no need to do anything.

 

[ProDave]

It should be copper pipe for LPG, so I treat it as any other gas supply and bond it. It can't do any harm to be bonded.

 

[NozSpark]

I've asked this question of the technical help line a couple of years ago and they said if it's standing on a concrete pad it's very unlikely to be extraneous.

Usually LPG cylinders are connected to the pipework via a rubber hose,, so they would be isolated from the copper pipework anyway

 

[PC Electrics]

If you feel you really must, why not apply the 23kohm test? It's very unlikely you'll get less than 23k though.