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That type of unprofessional, uncaring poor workmanship really annoys me, as well as people who drop litter, put them in the stocks on a Saturday morning I say.

 
It makes you think ...has someone said   " Cut 'em off they're not important "      How about the scenario of some current passing dawn that cable , which is resting against the gas pipe  , it starts to arc  onto the pipe and eventually erodes a hole  and the spark ignites the gas  and the gas main blows up .   

 
i suspect they just aren't supplied earth clamps, so if existing clamp is corroded in place on a bit of pipe they needed to change, they just cut them off.

 
oddly enough, I think they did do something like that - I'm not sure as got I asked by the property manager to check these out, via one of the property owners.

 
We live in strange times .   

I posted this before  but this reminded me .    I 'm   working at a posh house  in Moseley  ,  bit of dado trunking  , forming an office  .    A guy appears  ..."You the sparks"    

"Yes "   

"Gas fitter , boiler maintenance ......  that earth connection to meter in the corridor .....it's  more than the  prescribed measurement from the meter  ...you'll have to re -do it "  

"I didn't do it mate "

"Doesn't matter  its gotta be done "  

"Well do it then if it worries you   'cos I don't give a shytte "  

"Huh  no talking to some "

Thing is ,  I don't drive round Birmingham  looking for gas meter earth bonds to  put right ....this guy was like one of the old Midlands  Electricity Board   men with his attitude.  

 
re-wired a house once. Guy was having a new gas supply. So I ran the bonding cable out to said position. Gas fitter turned up and fitted the meter. Not the bonding ( i wasn't on site AND had left a clamp attached to the cable). Fitter left saying he wouldn't turn the supply on as it wasn't bonded!!

 
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