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  1. O

    dangers associated with wiring earth to neutral in the consumer unit?

    First time on here.... :) Looking for your thoughts on my situation plz. I've a small apartment in Spain and recently discovered there is no earth in the building, which I'm nervous about. Firstly I purchased individual socket rcd's and put one in all 12 sockets. Don't even know if this is...
  2. C

    Class 1 with no earth?

    Hi, I'm new to this so apologies if the answer is obvious! I'm PAT testing a coffee machine as a class 1 as there's nothing on the label to suggest it's a class 2 but when I test it, it says "no earth". Why could this be?
  3. A

    No earth electrode visible?

    Hi all, Carrying out a periodic inspection at a domestic installation. Semi- detached house on a row of houses. I cannot for the life of me locate any sign of the earth electrode inspection chamber. Just wondering how you would number this? A 1,2,3 or a 4? Thanks
  4. S

    No earth in old lamp

    Thanks in advance for any help. I've got an old lamp (inherited from my gran) that I want to add a switch to and lengthen the wire. It doesn't have an earth and I was wondering whether that's okay? I've read about double insulated appliances but I think this lamp was probably built before they...
  5. L

    No earth in lighting circuit

    Hi, Just interested in learning what others do when faced with an old lighting installation where there is no earth and you’re installing a metal class 1 light fitting. I would assume you would have to run an earth in? Also, with class 2 fittings, is it the box where the cables are terminated...
  6. D

    item with a metal case and no earth wire in the plug

    Performing the PAT inspection on some science equipment and I have found some items that were passed by the previous company that performed it however it failed the earth bond test and has a metal case its a air pump. upon closer inspection, I found that they only have two core wires and have...
  7. T

    Wall light with no earth connection

    Trying to wire up a Dar wall light but see no way to connect the earth as the plastic terminal only has two connections ( L/N) ?
  8. Mark Wright

    Light fitting no earth terminal and metal

    Hi, the new lights I have are metal and the earth connection doesn't connect to anything. I noticed the light that was there before someone had connected an earth to one of the bolts of the metal frame using a fork crimp. What would you do?
  9. K

    No earth at lights, customer won't change?

    Hi guys wondering if you could help? I have just installed a new fuseboard with rcbos and spd. During the install I noticed that the lighting circuits have no earth. I have informed the customer but she doesn't want me to change lights to class 2 fittings as she is happy with her current...
  10. A

    Will an RCD offer any protection in a building with NO earth circuit?

    I live in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and people die here regularly by electrocution. There is no earth wiring in the buildings, just live and neutral. I am a member of an expats forum and the question arises: Will using an RCD device offer any protection at all? I understand RCD's will go off with...
  11. S

    RCBO suitable for circuit with no earth?

    I've just started at a new church and the electrics are bit of a shambles. I'm not going to be touching them as I'm not qualified, but one thing I have been told is this, which I'm not sure is correct (and really doesn't sound right). Sometime in the 90's the building was rewired by SEEBoard...
  12. G

    No historical earth found

    No historical earth fitted in a block of 6 flats attached is an email from 3 years ago is this illegal Thanks for any advice
  13. DaveLea

    No earth in metal light switches

    I recently had a look behind my light switches for the first time and have found that all of them have no earth. This includes some metal switches that were there when we moved in. We've had a couple changed to metal previously and it looks like the electricians have put in a metal back box and...
  14. E

    No earth wire in wall light fitting?!?

    I live in an ex council house in manchester which I imagine was built around the 1940s. Upon renovating the severely outdated living room, I removed two ceramic wall fitted lights that had switches and were independent to the main light fitting in the room. I didn’t really pay attention to the...
  15. M

    Flex connector - no earth on lights

    I have a cable twin + earth coming from wall switch with 3 amp fuse - I want to connect it to some LED lights with a flex connector. LEDs have no earth, so what do I do with the earth wire coming from switch to flex connector? Thanks
  16. D

    Replacing no earth spotlights with earth spotlights

    warning! im a DIYer, so don't know alot about electrics! The current spotlights have a driver and no earth, they're connected to their driver with a 2 wire clip connector. The driver is then connected to the mains wires with a 3 pin clip connector. The replacements are mains voltage (astro...
  17. D

    Metal boxes NO earth lug...

    So, my brother just moved into a 1980s built semi and some of the dimmers werent working and some other stuff needed replacing like cracked sockets. He wanted brushed chrome so being a fairly new build I though easy no problem... Just dropped down a few of the dimmers , one of them being an...
  18. T

    Trendiswitch fused spur - no earth

    Looking to replace 3 fused spurs in the kitchen - have bought Trendiswitches as love them and gradually replacing all the old electrics round the house with them. First time I've looked at a fused spur, took off the old one, with an earth each side, the Trendiswitch is not earthed? Can I...
  19. timhoward

    Air circulation supply, no overload protection, no earth?!

    An agreed limitation of this EICR is that the air circulation unit circuit will not be inspected beyond the switchgear / controls due to no safe means of accessing units on roof of 4 story building. We're discussing how to resolve this. In meantime: I'm inspecting the air circulation supply at...
  20. V

    UK Class 1 downlight no earth lazy instal

    Hi all Up in a loft after an EICR carrying out rectifications including this beauty.

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