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  1. dokkan1080

    Main earth run outside?

    Can the main earth be run on the outside of a building from the MET to the consumer unit clipped direct? Would it not need some form of protection
  2. Z

    Why cover earth wire?

    for T@E cable, we cover the bare earth wire with a sleeve of green / yellow. Why? The basic idea is that if there is a fault then the live wire meets with the earth and covering the wire with insulation potentially stops this action in some cases. Is it not better to have the bare wire to...
  3. V

    UK Class 1 downlight no earth lazy instal

    Hi all Up in a loft after an EICR carrying out rectifications including this beauty.
  4. J

    Boiler for static caravan - no earth

    Hi, currently we have a static caravan with a generator running electric to the caravan. We also have a boiler which lately have been having alot of problems with. Had plumbers out etc but still cuts out. I have an earth stake in the ground with 10mm earth to caravan fuseboard. Testing at the...
  5. A

    Hi new member after advice! Help apreciated

    Hi everyone I'm new to the page, just needed some bonding and parallel earth path, small issue I cant understand if anyone could help? Thanks a lot Sam
  6. A

    Main bonding and parallel earth paths

    Hi all I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on an issue I cant seem to get my head around, say we had a metal socket earthed and a water pipe with main bonding, I touched the both of them in fault condition on socket (live touching metal box) now i understand the bonding puts the pipe...
  7. dokkan1080

    Live earth neutral and the cut out fuse

    Learning and curious At my home the neutral and earth are joined by the cut out fuse. The neutral goes up to the meter and the earth goes straight to the board. I can't wrap my head around how the earth and neutral are different? When the cut out fuse is out ( some one broke the seal along...
  8. J

    Mix of singles and twin and earth

    I have an old cob cottage where i have had to take an inch or more of the plaster off for damp proof course.The damp proof firm want all the electrics installed and hanging down ready to plaster. I dont want the cable hanging off the beams.so I thought i could wire the ccts in 25mm conduit and...
  9. H

    Replace an old ceiling fan/light with a light fitting.

    question
  10. N

    Exporting an earth xD

    I know this is going to cause madness but how would this work exporting the earth is driving me nuts i feel like its a hard one to understand for example a house has a tncs and it supplies a metal shed that is a TT system so the earth has not been exported. the shed is 30m from the house the...
  11. HappyHippyDad

    Earth rod 'probably' buried under conservatory, which code?

    I have just carried out an EICR. Earthing is TT. A 4mm green/yellow conductor leaves the CU and disappears under the conservatory, I get 158Ω when I do a Ze test. There is a 10mm that goes to both gas and water. ZS tests are around 40Ω 's on sockets/lights. I started a similar thread some...

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