This section incorporates questions relating to:
- New or rewired domestic and similar installations
- Alterations and additions in domestic and similar premises
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Main protective bonding is required between each metallic branch as it enters an apartment and the Main Earthing Terminal in that apartment, unless it has been proven that the metallic pipework is not an extraneous-conductive-part.
Regulation number(s):
- 544.1.2
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No. If the tables are not liable to introduce a potential, generally Earth potential, they will not require main bonding.
A dry assembly area would not be considered to be a location of increased shock risk, so there is no requirement for supplementary bonding.
The tables are not items of electrical equipment, so there is no requirement for them to be earthed.
Regulation number(s):
411.3.1.1
411.3.1.2
415.2 Note 4
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No.
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No.
Regulation number(s):
- 411.3.1.2
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Yes. Properly selected and installed plastic wall plugs can be used to support cables, wiring systems and the like.