Just wondering if anyone can help.
I'm just moving a TV from one room to another. Upon looking for the plug at the back of the TV to unplug, I saw the power cable from the TV was wired into a white manual switch, which in turn was then wired into a 13A fused switch (see pics attached).
I got a bit curious as to whether the additional white switch still needed to be on there, so when I opened it up I found that it only has live and neutral terminals in it.
So, from TV we have piece of black 2 core flex (1.0mm) with a live and neutral going into the manual switch, then from that switch there is a piece of white flex taking the live and neutral from the manual switch to the 13A fused switch. However, the piece of white flex contains a CPC which is only connected in the fused switch, and not in the manual switch (as there is no terminal for it).
My question is, does this mean I have no earth to the TV if I wired it up exactly how it has been previously in the new room. Or would a better solution be to put a new fused plug on the black TV flex even though there is no CPC in that flex? Is that safe, or common practice? Seems a bit ominous to me so hoping someone can clear things up.
Thanks again, any help most appreciated.
I'm just moving a TV from one room to another. Upon looking for the plug at the back of the TV to unplug, I saw the power cable from the TV was wired into a white manual switch, which in turn was then wired into a 13A fused switch (see pics attached).
I got a bit curious as to whether the additional white switch still needed to be on there, so when I opened it up I found that it only has live and neutral terminals in it.
So, from TV we have piece of black 2 core flex (1.0mm) with a live and neutral going into the manual switch, then from that switch there is a piece of white flex taking the live and neutral from the manual switch to the 13A fused switch. However, the piece of white flex contains a CPC which is only connected in the fused switch, and not in the manual switch (as there is no terminal for it).
My question is, does this mean I have no earth to the TV if I wired it up exactly how it has been previously in the new room. Or would a better solution be to put a new fused plug on the black TV flex even though there is no CPC in that flex? Is that safe, or common practice? Seems a bit ominous to me so hoping someone can clear things up.
Thanks again, any help most appreciated.