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Hi All, apologies for a long post I'm currently in my in-laws house abroad and while having some break I also fixing electrical issues as it seems to be quite few.
It's a farm estate and wiring quite old with some DIY involvement over the years in Ideal world I would rewire whole thing but it would take probably couple of months. So my main focus is to sort issues with basic protection such damaged accessories, lights fitting, IP rated sockets & switches where needed, instaling new sockets to get rid of extension leads and etc. Sockets in the house does not have earth. It concerns me especially considering washing machine and boiler in bathroom facility and oven with fridges in the kitchen. My plan is to fit local RCDs for bathroom & kitchen sockets and I want to earth sockets in the bathroom and kitchen but not sure where I'm going to connect the other end. It looks like there is earth connection at the fuseboard with the rod going into the ground but I found that this earth and incoming neutral are bounded together (See picture). It's a 3 phase and neutral coming in, only one phase used. Owner told me that it was since they moved 16 years ago.
I was thinking to connect earth for bathroom & kitchen sockets to the same main earth terminal considering its grounded via rod but the fact that it is also bounded with neutral makes me wander. Or shall I stick another rod for my earthing and not to worry about effectiveness of existing rod and potential earth path? I know electrical condition is a bit mess here but all I want is to make it a little safer while I'm here. I'll be happy for any advice or similar experience and what you do giving this circumstance.
Many thanks
It's a farm estate and wiring quite old with some DIY involvement over the years in Ideal world I would rewire whole thing but it would take probably couple of months. So my main focus is to sort issues with basic protection such damaged accessories, lights fitting, IP rated sockets & switches where needed, instaling new sockets to get rid of extension leads and etc. Sockets in the house does not have earth. It concerns me especially considering washing machine and boiler in bathroom facility and oven with fridges in the kitchen. My plan is to fit local RCDs for bathroom & kitchen sockets and I want to earth sockets in the bathroom and kitchen but not sure where I'm going to connect the other end. It looks like there is earth connection at the fuseboard with the rod going into the ground but I found that this earth and incoming neutral are bounded together (See picture). It's a 3 phase and neutral coming in, only one phase used. Owner told me that it was since they moved 16 years ago.
I was thinking to connect earth for bathroom & kitchen sockets to the same main earth terminal considering its grounded via rod but the fact that it is also bounded with neutral makes me wander. Or shall I stick another rod for my earthing and not to worry about effectiveness of existing rod and potential earth path? I know electrical condition is a bit mess here but all I want is to make it a little safer while I'm here. I'll be happy for any advice or similar experience and what you do giving this circumstance.
Many thanks
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