SuburbanMe
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Good morning all, first time poster, thanks in advance for any help!
I'm planning on relocating a socket on my downstairs circuit about 2ft from its current location. Having taken a look at the socket, it appears the circuit is earthed at this point, the other side of the external wall pictured in socket.jpg is the gas meter and the earth wires are presumably attached to the gas pipe.
Pictured in consumer_unit.jpg is the are where the consumer unit and socket resides, I am planning on moving the socket so it is closer to the consumer unit, removing the need for the trunking too.
As a result I am thinking I can use the additional cable freed up by relocating the socket to simply re-earth the circuit on the mains gas pipe pictured in consumer_unit.jpg as there is already an earth contact there for the actual consumer unit.
My last question is I presumed all circuits in the house would be earthed through the consumer unit, rendering earthing individual circuits unnecessary. Do I even need to earth the circuit any more as the consumer unit is earthed?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dan
I'm planning on relocating a socket on my downstairs circuit about 2ft from its current location. Having taken a look at the socket, it appears the circuit is earthed at this point, the other side of the external wall pictured in socket.jpg is the gas meter and the earth wires are presumably attached to the gas pipe.
Pictured in consumer_unit.jpg is the are where the consumer unit and socket resides, I am planning on moving the socket so it is closer to the consumer unit, removing the need for the trunking too.
As a result I am thinking I can use the additional cable freed up by relocating the socket to simply re-earth the circuit on the mains gas pipe pictured in consumer_unit.jpg as there is already an earth contact there for the actual consumer unit.
My last question is I presumed all circuits in the house would be earthed through the consumer unit, rendering earthing individual circuits unnecessary. Do I even need to earth the circuit any more as the consumer unit is earthed?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dan