no earth terminal. what would you do?

[telectrix]

as title. using existing back boxes ( lighting) as original VIR cable in capping and managed to re-use route to save chasing. boxes are tight and nailed in. removal would cause a lot of damage to decor. no earth terminal in box, so my solution was to drill the side of the box and fit screw. obviously a 2mm HSS bit is no good to drill into the brick, that's why it's in the side. would have been neater if I'd gotmy box of ring crimps on site, but hey ho. at least the box is earthed.

 

[telectrix]

Should have put a metal switch plate in.
Then you could have taken the CPCs to the switch plate and the back box would be earthed through the screws.

thatwould be a solution but customer wants plastic. metal/chrome accessories would add a couple of hundred on the job.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

thatwould be a solution but customer wants plastic. metal/chrome accessories would add a couple of hundred on the job.

Excellent, win win.

 

[pirate]

Not a full solution, methinks. earth the face plate...remove it and...
BANG!
Mind you, I always wanted hair like Art Garfunkel...

 

[JK-Electrical]

well, i'm not going to give you dililah, even if it is the best cover alex harvey did and SCFC anthem, so how about coming upwith a song with Olga or Grazynya in the title???? hmmmm. .

Gotta disagree Tel .... this is the best cover that SAHB recorded ....

 

[freddo]

I just drill the nail heads and then swap the back boxes.

 

[PEG]

Lucien's tip is one of my go-to methods,together with a couple of other,tidy remedial additions...but Tel did what he did,with what was handy,and then had the sand to tell us and post the pics

He could have stud welded a SS terminal block...he could have not bothered doing anything...somewhere in the middle,is where most of us are

 

[davesparks]

Not a full solution, methinks. earth the face plate...remove it and...
BANG!
Mind you, I always wanted hair like Art Garfunkel...

But you would not remove any plate without carrying out the safe isolation procedure (or so the standard response to this kind of comment goes)

 

[davesparks]

i would have used same if i'd got them with me. still a lot of work to do there so will alter with ring crimps. but customer needs lights today.

So plug in a lamp

 

[davesparks]

would be nice to do that, but box nailed in, 1950's plaster tight round box. getting box out would lead to the room needing redecorating. sometimes you need to balance the costs. already re-used the original capped channels to save chasing.

So let them redecorate.
Do you really think it is better to place a persons life at risk than leave them facing the cost of re-decorating?

 

[Midwest]

Woke up for a P, kicked over the commode. Thought I’d never get back to sleep, but after 54# on earthing a back box, I’m feeling rather sleepy. Cheers

 

[Sparksaflyin]

"anyone who claims to know everything is a liar and a heathen"
True, but in my retirement I have learnt so many songs that I can now confidently say that if you give me a name, boy or girl, I can find a song with that name in it...and because I am an old git, I know I have done this before!
Anyway, leave a safe job...Tel, you did.

Happy birthday to......

 

[telectrix]

So let them redecorate.
Do you really think it is better to place a persons life at risk than leave them facing the cost of re-decorating?

that fix i did is a good an earth as any factory fitted brass terminal with a titchy 2mm screw in it.

 

[DPG]

Do you really think it is better to place a persons life at risk than leave them facing the cost of re-decorating?

The 'Over-Reaction of the Year Award' has now been awarded

 

[telectrix]

thank you DPG.

 

[elsparko]

thank you DPG.

should have popped in an earth rod below the switch and bonded with 10mm into the backbox through a concrete anchor fixing