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I will certainlty get somebody to have a look at the earthing arrangement. At what point does the condition of the supply become my responsibility? As soon as comes through the wall? After the meter? Should I speak to the electricity board the about the damgaed insulation on the incoming...

The only realistic test you can do is continuity. Connect the screen to the core at one end and us a DMM to check for continuity of the other. To measure the impedance of the cable you will need a time domain reflectometer - They are as expensive as they sound and are certainly way OTT for...

Fortunately it's out of sight but should I be panicking right now?

The earth wire that exits the CU to the laft goes to the water and gas, The one that goes down goes to the central heating etc. The SWA goes to the shed. The earth that you can see here is the one that goes to the central heating etc. It just passes behind the board that everythin is...

It's a split load CU with a switch and an RCD. Trying to sort a picture now. Cheers, Neil.

I bought my house about 5 years ago, the consumer unit had just been replaced but there were still a couple of lights (1 under the stairs & 1 outside) wired to an older box. I removed the old box and wired it into the new one some time ago. I noticed that the supply into the house (1930s)...