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I want to replace a couple of PIR wall lights. I removed the covers and notice that for one of them the Earth conductor is missing or has been cut (in the power supply cable).
On the light with the missing Earth, I note that the actual wiring from the light fitting back to the connector block does have an Earth wire which s is connected back into the connector block. Where as the other light fitting has two earth wires - one from the power supply cable and one from the light fitting. Back plates for both are plastic but the body of the light fitting is metal.
My question is - does it matter and If I replace them with metal lights, is this an issue or am I ok to just wire any earth wire from the fitting itself into an earth terminal?
TIA
I want to replace a couple of PIR wall lights. I removed the covers and notice that for one of them the Earth conductor is missing or has been cut (in the power supply cable).
On the light with the missing Earth, I note that the actual wiring from the light fitting back to the connector block does have an Earth wire which s is connected back into the connector block. Where as the other light fitting has two earth wires - one from the power supply cable and one from the light fitting. Back plates for both are plastic but the body of the light fitting is metal.
My question is - does it matter and If I replace them with metal lights, is this an issue or am I ok to just wire any earth wire from the fitting itself into an earth terminal?
TIA