no earth

  1. P

    No earth - 2

    Booked for a CU change, the customer rang me up today. When I do their change can I do a job for her neighbour. The neighbour has recently had a new CU but the "electrician" who did it said he could only give her a partial certificate because the property wasn't earthed. WTF??? The message may...
  2. S

    no earth

    Hi, been to look at a rewire today and no earth connection at all. Tried to contact supply company to enquire weather the property is connected to a pme system but no joy after holding most the afternoon. I presume supply company doesnt have to supply an earth but just wondering if they would...
  3. L

    why is there no earth

    Im waiting for acceptance in the training forums but whilst I do I have a question. Ive always been told to earth things for example sockets that are not standard plastic but shinny nickel, I know you can get away with just using the lugs on a back box and the screws which are used to pull the...
  4. Clark3169

    No earth on ring main.

    Hi guys I am re-wiring a bathroom. I have done first fix for fan, down-lights and switches on the lighting circuit. I had to pick an earth up from some old conduit and will of course test this for continuity. Now when I have taken a front plate off of a single socket I have found there to be no...
  5. D

    No Earth to Kitchen Ceiling Light

    Morning Forum, I have just moved house. The kitchen has/had a single ceiling light fitting circular metal plate secured with screws x 3 to the ceiling and finished of with glass dome secured with three decorative nuts. This provided by I bought a new light fitting (from Argos yes i know but...
    • Dzzi
    • Thread
    • ceiling ceiling light earth kitchen light no earth
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. T

    NO EARTH FOUND ... can I change my system to pme myself?

    Think the builder ripped the earth rod out... Whatever happened there's not an earth now. Instead of installing a new one am I allowed to take the neutral from the metre and connect a main earthing conductor in a henley block. The street does have pme available, I checked. Is it legal though???
    • thekernal
    • Thread
    • change earth found myself no earth pme system
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: Talk Electrician Forum
  7. X

    no earth

    Hi everyone
  8. K

    No earth reading!

    Hello all. Went to a property to give an certificate, it was an old ccu so. I recommended to install a new 17th edition board. All installed but when it came to testing tried to take a zs on sockets using my fluke tester it was coming out to be error 5, which means 1 of the conductors is not...
  9. J

    No earth... Zs and rcd

    Hello, Just a quick q.... Went to change a cu and carried out a few test and visual inspections. Found a problam, I think the cable was micc but couldn't tell as none of ends were made off. All cables for all circuits where 2 core NO earth. Zs test on sockets came out with >99kohms...
    • james king
    • Thread
    • earth installation no earth rcd sockets
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. G

    No Earth?

    Evening all, I have arranged to go and see a job on Wednesday with the following problem: The customer has a disabled son and is eligible for a heating grant, however when they came out to survey to install it they told her she had no earth present at her supply and would have to get one...
  11. M

    unit change no earth on lights

    evening lads and lasses! if i've read it right, the best practice guide recommends, worst case, that if a customer doesn't want lighting rewired, (at this time), then if no class 1 fittings are in special location, or able to be touched whilst also touching extraneous part, then unit can be...
    • maffa ent
    • Thread
    • change earth lighting lights no earth unit
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. P

    no earth at board

    can anyone explain why and how there is no incoming earth at the board. its a victorian terrace the distributors feed from u/g up the outside of the property,:rockstar: through the loft to the ist floor landing. into a connecting block .the line is fed into a 60a fuse block...the two tails into...
  13. N

    No Earth Continuity on Ring Circuit

    HI all.. Some advice please if possible, i did see a post on here which related to this a few days ago when i first joined, i cant seem to find it now. ON testing earth continuity on a upstairs ring circuit i get zilch, nothing, zero!!! Both L's are good and come back with the same reading for...
  14. the pict

    No earth what form ??

    I was called to a tripping issue, turns out the diswasher is knacked, any way befrore I condemned the appliance I did a measured Zs on the kitchen RFC big X and a reading that at first look I thought "bugger" meter is playing up, different RFC same result, hauled out the usuall stuff from the...
  15. R

    help with no earth in stair lighting circuit please

    Hi all. Having moved into my house i wanted to put a nice hanging light fitting above the hall stairs. i removed the pendant thats there and tested the circuit L/N N/E L/E im not getting 240 across Live and Earth. getting 240 between L/N no probs. Basicly i have a switch upstairs which is a...
    • robert0881
    • Thread
    • circuit downstairs earth help light lighting lighting circuit no earth please stair switch
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  16. 1

    Turkish chandalier style light, metal NO EARTH?

    Just been asked to install a Turkish light that is constructed using a conductive material. It was removed from a cafe in England and was in service however what I have discovered through telephone conversation only is that there are only two black wires going to the unit. Is there a get...
    • 1shortcircuit
    • Thread
    • earth light metal no earth style
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. P

    Class I light fittings, no Earth, what would you do?

    Did an EICR last week, a few small things to clean up but the main thing is that 3 of the upstairs light fittings are class I metallic with no cpc/earth. Doing the remedials tomorrow and talking to another spark he says that the earth to the fittings has to be a min of 4mm csa! Now, I've...
  18. tigerpaul

    No earth!

    Hello folks! I tested a 300 year old cottage on Friday, wiring dates back to the 70s. It has 2 CU's, both 6 way wooden backed Wylex boards fitted with 3036 fuses. The main switch feeding both CU's is the oldest 4293 RCD I have ever seen rated at 60A, tripping current is not marked but on a...
  19. M

    No Earth whatsoever

    Hi All I went to a job today which had a 1930's install. VIR, 5 amp plugs for heaters, the works. Also no earth whatsoever. Some cpcs connected together as protection but that was all. The house isn't occupied. Its a total rewire from the intake out. As the work doesn't start for a few...
  20. C

    No earth on installation, WHO is responsible???

    Hi, Quick question, I am busy doing a rewire on a property, really old electrics, old rewireable fuses, NO earth. Main earth cable was enclosed around a screw on the cut out fuse. Who is responsible to sort it out? I have contacted UK power network, they always say they are going to send...
    • charlalberts
    • Thread
    • available earth installation no earth responsible surely
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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