Recent content by rshof

Thanks for the advice. I'm assuming you are right that it doesn't matter much either way, but why does there seem to be a preference from others for going direct from mains to faceplate, less distance?

Hi I've had some metallic switch faceplates installed, replacing old plastic ones. However I'm a bit concerned that they've done it wrong! At the moment there is an earth coming from the wall (mains earth?) which is connected to the metal backbox earth terminal and then there is a separate...