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So what is the fuse protecting against when there is no earth?besides a short between neutral and earth what fault would blow the fuse

is it your belief that in all the houses with the old wiring either no one has metal light fittings or everyone fitted there own?. while you are here could you please answer a query, i have a shop attached to the property which has been rewired. A 6mm cable has been taken from a 32a mcb on the...

the reason i asked is i have just moved into a property and was going to change a metal light fitting left by the previous owner but there were no earths (i know it will need a rewire in the near future)the previous owner assures me they were fitted by an electrician,and so it made me think...

just wondering whats the situation with all the people that have installed metal light fittings that don't have earths?i am sure every leccy that has been asked to fit one dos'nt rewire the house.

if the shower is put on the rcd side of the cu would you still fit a rcbo?

the hob and oven are fairly old and there are no labels with wattages on. The oven is a normal size with a small oven above and grill,the hob is the normal solid 4 ring type,the junction box is a 30 amp and the fuse is a mcb 32 amp.

The previous owner of my house has taken a 6mm cable from the cu to the kitchen,connected into a junction box and split into two 6mm, one going to a built in leccy oven on one side of kitchen and a leccy 4 element hob on the opposite side. is this okay or should two seperate feeds be run, or...

thanks fwl. could you please also answer the other question, of the best way to connect a built in leccy oven on one side of the kitchen and 4 ring leecy hob on the opposite side? the way it was is single 6mm from cu split in a junction box in the kitchen

Thanks fwl. i have found that the fault is the 6mm cable between the last junction box to the spured socket {there were two junction boxes within 18" of each other feeding three sockets, now disconnected)and the junction box that then splits off with two 6mm cables to the oven on one side of the...

Hi. moved into a new property recently and now the rcd keeps tripping. On the circuit 3 mcbs.one is a shower, one a couple of upstairs sockets, and it seems on the third a built in electric cooker with seperate electric hob and three sockets (which must be tapped of at some point.) The rcd...