1. exporting earth is where you have an installation ( typically a house ) with a TN earthing system.then you want to put power in a garage, shed whatever. the remote building can either have a TT system, independent of the house, or you can " export " the house earthing to the remote building.
2. on a like for like replacement of an accessory, you don't need to do any certification, but it would do no harem to complete a MEWIC.
I just looked through the thread and other than an insulation resistance test,nothoing else
Forget the Rcd for a moment, have you done an earth loop test ?
No i didn't, just IR test as i thought something must have been touching, the earth was completely bare with no sheathing as it disappeared up into the ceiling. Also instead of the switch plate being earthed the 2 cpcs were joint together with a connector block which i thought was weird, so i was in the process of removing the connector block when i got a zap. I'd turned off the main switch believing i'd isolated it, didn't realise it was being fed from a separate rcd, which was still on. Anyway after i'd connected it all up and the shower was working i was pushing the unusualy long cpc back into the box when it went BANG!
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