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Yes that’s fair enough. The way I see it any reasonable person undertaking inspections or indeed any works at all on something should bring to attention any concerns they have with anything they happen to notice over and above any rules or regulations or laws just in the same way as they would...

I was merely pointing out that any reasonable pro would include a quick look see whilst checking the terminals on say a shower unit, with such as an oven this probably could not be easily done as you’d only see the terminals and screw bits very near to them so you would not be expected to start...

Current using equipment such as an electric shower for example - would the shower unit heater itself need testing or inspecting or merely the wiring connecting it to the mains supply? Personally I would include all the wiring from the cut-out to the shower terminals and test those terminals...

1955 was a fantastic year - I was born then too - yes there are some old gits on this forum folks ;)

A Crystal Earpiece was the must have for any Nerdy Schoolkid when we were young, 4 of us got hold of some high Impedance Headphones of WW2 vintage and had a great time talking from house to house at nightime using long spans of random wires we picked up here and there and an earthed pipework at...

Hmm, lets try something simpler, lets solve the Skasis Paradigm ;)

I will therefore supplement P's Law with JohnW2's variant - namely .... " that no matter how much storage space one has, the amount one has to store will rapidly rise so as to exceed the amount of storage space available" :-) It is the Prime Universal Law I M H O John! It superseeds all...

We have some cellars around here that are completely below ground and quite a few of them actually have openable windows to get air as well as a bit of sunlight too (a gap wall where the pavement starts and a metal grid above which should be raised for a clean out of dropped litter etc every now...

"Portable was pugged in" like those blue or green or other plug and play like adaptors or those BS 13A plug and socket or the old 2A or 5A or 15A plug and socket that is used for "plug and play" convenience for addiions/ammendments/fault finding of what are considered fixed lighting circuits...

Yes Mike , I know what it used to be - non conductive pretty much, but that was a good few years back now so the graphic/granules idea metioned might well have altered that, I think that many if not all of the original ones were questionable but later ones may well have reduced the problems...

Wont that ensure that you become "fully charged" before stepping onto the ground (Earth) unless those rubber strips are replaced with dangling metal chains? PS - I remember years ago, when I was a lad, some were pretty much just bog standard rubber hence little, if any, conductivity and folks...

That might include a plug and socket approach being classified according to use. Does "fixed" need the intention to be permanent or mostly so for much of its useful life? Like a lot of things in life we are bringing opinions into it, some people have slightly different interpretations so there...

I wonder what different people classify the term "Fixed Mains Wiring" as then ?

Yep, in a nutshell that is the situation. How folk tend to use stuff must be factored in to all designs and all rules/laws . Even the most outrageous use of any item must be considered once it become clear that it is more than just a very few absolute nutters in a massive batch of sensisible...

Agreed, not just a conductive path (however small) but also an inductive path or a capacitive path might give us some reference to "Earth" or some other potential. We sometimes refer to "Earth" in the humble motor car but usually the sit on tyres full of air so no real earth about and when...

Hmm, thats a good one. If we decide that, in some installtions, an extension ( or something plugged in using a plug and socket type approach) is it or is it not a part of that installation itself? My answer is - yes it could be, it depends upon the application/intended use. I am sure some of...

Yes agreed John. to absolutely guarantee that we could not use a house or nearly all buildings of any type. only very carefully controlledwith strict protocols would produce a building that is kept safe enough at all times. We have to accept that earthing does happen by design or by accident...

Who says it can be ? Sctually I would prefer to discuss a Ring Final Circuit or a Radial Final Circuit being a "Final Circuit" but being the source of another radial (or ring) final or non-final ciruit because of the placement of a circuit protective divice? Example a Circuit from a consumer...

Yup. Some of those advocating that Earthing and Bonding are two seperate things seem to forget a polpular term not long ago EEBADS (Or EEBADOS if you like) . The first two words tells us both are involved - if you have deliberately Earthed the Equipotential then the distinctive difference gets...