I got the sarcasm Mike. [Linked Image]

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[the token 'pipe supports' are electrical clips!].
I wouldn't be so sure Alan. Plumbing suppliers here are now selling pipe clips which are exactly the same design as the larger sizes of round cable clips. I'm still very much attached to traditional copper piping with soldered joints though.

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do you folks over there bond your neutral and your earth together in your main circuit board (like we do) or does the utility do it on their side?

We always keep neutral and earth separate in the panel. The bond -- if present -- is made on the service ahead of the meter. It would be on the big black unit you can see at the bottom of pic #3. I say "if present" because we have multiple grounding arrangements in use and there is not always a neutral-ground bond on the premises.

I can't actually see an earth bond going into the service head. Ian, is this a TN-S system?