This might be the thickest question ever but if a lighting circuit in a house has no earth you have to add one in don't you, or is there some way around it now with say class 2 fittings and plastic switches.:o
A few of us had a ciscussion tonight as to why there isnt an earth in the cable of say a hair dryer, obviously it is double insulated but would the earth core in the cable not be able to be conected at the plug and therefore earth the cable if it got damaged?
oposite thoughts of it, it you run...
Hi folks
I have recently discovered that a plug socket in my kitchen has no earth connection.
The actual earth cable is there and is connected at the socket however when I test for continuity it is open.
It seems like it is a spur as it only has one cable(twin & earth) but I can not find where...
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