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LOL. Unfortunately not correct on this occasion.It it when he "pops a blank plate on that"?
He hasn't twisted the wires and stuck gaffa tape over them properly?![]()
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Much more fundamental than any of that!Cable twisted on the floor? Cables not clipped on the floor? Cable routed through the backbox? Not really safe isolation because the spur was off and not the MCB? The abortion with the clips and the towel radiator? Come on I need to know !!!![]()
James the Spark1976 has given the correct answer.The cores are gonna get spiked by the screw on the right hand side?
I must be honest I didn't even notice that the backbox isn't earthed.The cores are gonna get spiked by the screw on the right hand side?
I must be honest I didn't even notice that the backbox isn't earthed.
there is an argument though that the backbox needn't be earthed if it has one fixed lug although in this case that's never going to happen since the blank plate has no earth connection.
well spotted.
Yeah Dan because if there was a fault in that box and it became live it wouldn't automatically disconnect the supply. Leaving the box live.ha - Now you've said it even I can see that.
So those need earthing regardless of whether they're just being used as a kinda junction box then?
I was even thinking about supplementary under the sink to be fair.Think along the lines of the absolute fundamentals.
Think about what we no longer term EEBAD...
corrected that bit for you. bonding relates to extraneous parts. sorry to be pedantic.I can follow that argument when say a socket face is attached, as the socket earth is connected to a metal bush that the screw sits in, thusbondingearthing the screws and back box.
however this is not the case for most light switches and blank plates.
except grid switches.
I hate this.. its rough. I'm pretty sure there is stupid regulation that state as long as the surface area is less than a certain CSA it doesn't require earthing as long as it is RCD protected.
I'm going to try and find it now ?
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