Blighty Skins Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Anyone have any idea how to electricly bond a towel warmer? I did the bath, no problem. The towel warmer is a complete mystery to me. It's a stainless steel towel warmer which is about 4 foot high. I took pictures but I left the USB cable for the camera in the other house. I'll post them tonight when I get back...cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan07 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 I don't have a dirty mind or anything, but i thought of something else when I saw tis thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Looked at the thread title and thought something completely different. :doh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Well this thread isn't what I expected. I'm a little disappointed to be honest with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 What is "electrically bond"...some kinky English perversion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canethang 305 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Somehow i thought this may involve a taser or cattle prod, I'm very disapointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blighty Skins Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Electrically bondage is when you wire up everything metal in your bathroom so that it's all earthed via your consumer unit, usually through your copper pipes. Dirty wankers. :laugh: edit: Oh yeah, it's new building regulations here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canethang 305 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Electrically bondage is when you wire up everything metal in your bathroom so that it's all earthed via your consumer unit, usually through your copper pipes.Dirty wankers. :laugh: edit: Oh yeah, it's new building regulations here... Are you talking about grounding everything at one point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Is that when they shock your balls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blighty Skins Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Are you talking about grounding everything at one point? yeah exactly...I did the bath (stainless steel) and now for the towel warmer. Any ideas? I have the copper pipes coming up from the floorboards. I left my blimming USB cable otherwise I woulda shown you. :doh: p.s. The technical word is "Electrical Bond". Or so they tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Is that when they shock your balls? :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurd Cudins Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 i could have sworn this thread would have involved nipple clamps of some sort and apparently not alone. the thread is useless without pics. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canethang 305 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 yeah exactly...I did the bath (stainless steel) and now for the towel warmer. Any ideas? I have the copper pipes coming up from the floorboards. I left my blimming USB cable otherwise I woulda shown you. :doh:p.s. The technical word is "Electrical Bond". Or so they tell me. I think it has something to do with the ground fault circuit so the electric shuts off in the event of a shortage caused by water but i'm not an electrician so I'm not throwing any advice out that may get you charred. If you don't figure it out by tommorow I'll ask my uncle who's a master electrician and post his thouhgt s for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Can't understand half of what you Brits say... Maybe this will help? http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/bregnd.html#c3 Or maybe you prefer this? :laugh: http://www.sexerati.com/2007/01/12/how-not-to-play-with-electricity/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blighty Skins Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 LOL Thanks Canethang. I will post pics when I get back tonight...I'll be off in about a half hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blighty Skins Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 This is sort of what I'm talking about: You see the radiator in the middle, after the bath? http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/bondingbathroom.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21KO Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Water, steel, electricity, DIY....sounds like a great idea. :doh: You brits got that crazy voltage thang going - I'm not saying a word. Except good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmchairRedskin Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Is the towel warmer electrical? I mean if you plug it in then the ground prong on your cord end takes care of the bonding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canethang 305 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Is the towel warmer electrical? I mean if you plug it in then the ground prong on your cord end takes care of the bonding. He's trying to hard wire it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmchairRedskin Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 He's trying to hard wire it in. In that case there should be a ground wire connected to the body of the warmer. You just tie that to the existing ground wire. If you're running a dedicated circuit, then it would come directly from the ground bar in the panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canethang 305 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 In that case there should be a ground wire connected to the body of the warmer. You just tie that to the existing ground wire. If you're running a dedicated circuit, then it would come directly from the ground bar in the panel. I think it may have something to do with the voltage difference in the UK and whatever the building codes are because that's what I originally thought to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan07 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Is that when they shock your balls? :laugh::laugh::laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmchairRedskin Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 I think it may have something to do with the voltage difference in the UK and whatever the building codes are because that's what I originally thought to. Nah, voltage doesn't matter. There's always an equipment bond to everything electrical. It's universal. I doubt the manufacturer of that warmer would be allowed to sell something made of stainless steel that uses electricity without provisions for connecting it to the grounding system in the house somehow. Now if this thing isn't electrical and it uses the water heater for it's heat, then as long as the pipes connecting it to the water heater aren't plastic, it would be grounded through the water heater, which I would assume already has it's own ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC3 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 I would think that the towel warmer is already grounded. Just common sense on the manufacturer's part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Blighty, don't they have GFI outlets on the other side of the pond??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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