British Gas- bad earth

[atm84]

So my mother in law has had BG round to service the boiler and as part of the service they now carry out a check on the earthing.

My mother in law informed me that the BG engineer went round the sockets in the house with a meter and wasn't getting a earth reading at the sockets.

I've gone round and believe it or not there does not appear to be a main earth at the consumer unit. There just appears a live and neutral.

I've got a socket tester and plugged it into a number of sockets and all three lights lit up and sounded to say that live, neutral and earth is present. Obviously I know this is not a reliable way to test for an earth but just trying to explain.

Now I cannot believe that there is no earth to the house. A large extension was built in 2002 and surely something would have been picked up then.

There is no bonding to the gas or the water other than cross bonding between the hot and cold pipes at the sink.

Ill upload some photos in a bit.

 

[atm84]

Ok thanks for clarifying that. Many thanks.

 

[telectrix]

basically, atm, what they're saying is that if you fit a new CU, then it must comply with current regs. but there's no requirement to fit one if the existing CU is " safe for continued use".

 

[sparkstu]

Hi atm84 I live in the muldenhall area if you need any help with anything you prob got it all sorted now tho

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Mildenhall

 

[MDJ]

I didn't say anything about forcing anyone to get work done. I was merely asking if the main earthing and bonding is upgraded does the consumer uni need to be upgraded to meet 17tg edition?

Have you been drinking?

 

[MDJ]

Ok thanks for clarifying that. Many thanks.

oh no, please tell me you were jesting with sparty?

 

[atm84]

Ok thanks for clarifying that. Many thanks.

oh no, please tell me you were jesting with sparty?

No wasn't jesting. I was unsure. That's why I sought advice on here. That's what it's for isn't it? For advice. Not a place for all the sparks to flex their muscles and show how much superior they are to the next person.

 

[MDJ]

No wasn't jesting. I was unsure. That's why I sought advice on here. That's what it's for isn't it? For advice. Not a place for all the sparks to flex their muscles and show how much superior they are to the next person.

yes it is, perhaps the team should have moved this to DIY. I thought you really were kidding actually, oh well, sorry then.

 

[Geordie Spark]

yes it is, perhaps the team should have moved this to DIY. I thought you really were kidding actually, oh well, sorry then.

Trouble is Mark, you never can tell Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell - YouTube

 

[atm84]

Nah it aint DIY. Im a qualified spark, 4 year apprenticeship, 2391, 17th edition etc etc. Obviously you don't need to be intelligent to be a spark. After all if anyone has an ounce of intelligence they wouldn't be a spark in the first place. Its a c**p job. Might as well be called a builder.

 

[MDJ]

Can't argue that

 

[polo1]

You can't force people to get work done mate, all you can do is advise but as long as the circuit you're working on complies then you're good to go.

Soz!
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[trev]

Soz!
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Nee botha man hinny

 

[atm84]

So UKPN came out today to have a look.

It turns out that there was never an main earth before.......and they have now converted it to a PME. It hadn't even been TT'd before.