My new bungalow looks like John Wayne wired it!

[Big Richy]

This is my first post so go easy on me or will find you and hurt you.

I have recently bought a 1930's bungalow and on checking the wiring it is lashed right up. It looks like it's had years of DIYers or lazy electricians. I'm in the process of a complete rewire. I have installed a new split load consumer unit bristling with RCD's. On closer inspection there are two main earth's (16mm). One was connected the other was not. I traced the earth which was not connected and it goes back to the meter and is bonded to the neutral. The Live and Neutral then go up to the overhead line so it looks like it was a TN-C-S system. I have traced the earth that is connected and it runs down the outside wall and under the patio. What is the best way to check if this earth is a TT (spiked) earth or if the board have ran it back to the pole? I would ask Western Power but I know I would get more sense out of my dog! If it is a TT system then should I connect it at the consumer unit to make a true TN-C-S system or should I bond it at the meter?

Cheers



Richy

 

[Pete999]

This is my first post so go easy on me or will find you and hurt you.

I have recently bought a 1930's bungalow and on checking the wiring it is lashed right up. It looks like it's had years of DIYers or lazy electricians. I'm in the process of a complete rewire. I have installed a new split load consumer unit bristling with RCD's. On closer inspection there are two main earth's (16mm). One was connected the other was not. I traced the earth which was not connected and it goes back to the meter and is bonded to the neutral. The Live and Neutral then go up to the overhead line so it looks like it was a TN-C-S system. I have traced the earth that is connected and it runs down the outside wall and under the patio. What is the best way to check if this earth is a TT (spiked) earth or if the board have ran it back to the pole? I would ask Western Power but I know I would get more sense out of my dog! If it is a TT system then should I connect it at the consumer unit to make a true TN-C-S system or should I bond it at the meter?

Cheers



Richy

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Richy, are you saying The Duke was a cowboy? how dare you, he was "The cowboy's cowboy, the best cowboy ever, he won the west, he won WW2, he won the war in Vietnam, if he had still been alive he would have won GW1&2 and the war in Afghanistan, as well as any other wars the free word were involved in, only jesting I get where you are coming from LOL LOL.