I found mystery terminal block taped up in my loft the other week..
it was righ above where a single socket was on the ring, with both ends of the ring going into the tape and both back out again.. so not a spur..
I was up there again today and decided to do it "right" and change it for a 6 way jb
upon removing the tape however I found that it was not as i feared all 4 ends bodged together..
the legs of the ring go straight through, the insulation stripped back and the earths put into a terminal block..
so I thought to myself, aha, he's found a break in the earth and bodged it..
so i took off the terminal block meaning to put each leg in a seperate one to remove the bridge..
turns out the earths are whole too, just looped and put in each side of the block..
so why would he do this?
it's only a small flat so I can't see it being for reasons of Zs.. ( note to self, check that tomorrow... )
I've removed the block , straightened the cable back out and taped them up as best I can to re-instate the outer sheath..
No Ill effects so far.. sockets still work...
it was righ above where a single socket was on the ring, with both ends of the ring going into the tape and both back out again.. so not a spur..
I was up there again today and decided to do it "right" and change it for a 6 way jb
upon removing the tape however I found that it was not as i feared all 4 ends bodged together..
the legs of the ring go straight through, the insulation stripped back and the earths put into a terminal block..
so I thought to myself, aha, he's found a break in the earth and bodged it..
so i took off the terminal block meaning to put each leg in a seperate one to remove the bridge..
turns out the earths are whole too, just looped and put in each side of the block..
so why would he do this?
it's only a small flat so I can't see it being for reasons of Zs.. ( note to self, check that tomorrow... )
I've removed the block , straightened the cable back out and taped them up as best I can to re-instate the outer sheath..
No Ill effects so far.. sockets still work...