earth bonding on meter

[derrybongo]

Hi All

carried out service on Condensing boiler today and all was well apart from the fact that there was no earth bonding at the meter (inside cupboard)
offered to run cable to meter but this would have involved ripping up new flooring which she wasnt to keen on
i was thinking of hammering a metal steak (min10mm) into the ground inside the cupboard and attaching an earth to this
havent looked up the regs on this yet but anyone alse done this.
I would rather have the work than issue the NCS


Live long and prosper

 

[andekoch]

The electrical regs require the gas to be bonded to the consumer unit (or a main earth terminal, which is bonded to the consumer unit). An earth spike would not be acceptable (unless the rest of the house is a TT system) since that would make the gas a TT earth system.
Check if the main bonding is not somewhere else, ideally it should be within 600mm of the meter on the consumer side but may be elsewhere due to practical reasons.

 

[Puddle]

Would be nice if life was so simple but no you have run earthing cable back to main earthing point supplied by the electricity supplier for that property