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Thats what I thought but good old BAS is at odds with mister OHM regarding resistors in parallel..

I would think that ANY distance is sure to lower the ze. It cannot make it higher....

My earth rod isnt visible unless you open the lid ( its in an little "inspection" Chamber ) So should I remove the lid :wink:

It isnt... harmonized wiring has been with us long before the part P of the building regulations. My own home here is a mixture and has been for years. Provided the correct warning labels are in place there should not be any problem at all.

Why would you want ( or need ) to do that?

Maybe the OP has replaced some damaged sections !!

:idea: Try googe :idea:

I would have ran the shaver socket from the lighting circuit and the doorbell from a FCU on the nearest ring? ( and fitted RCBO's on the whole lot and to heck with the expense ) A seperate radial feed for your fridge / freezer can be a good idea also

Will it not be a bit dark in the bathroom at night :wink:

What happens if you have a fire ? Will you claim all the certificates where lost in the inferno? BAS can be pompous but sometimes talks sense.

Some folk just look at the Rolls on the driveway and adjust costs accordingly :wink:

What about line and CPC?

The original earth here was also a thin black wire..

i'm In county Durham and your photo shows almost exactly what I had here apart from the PME sticker. Overhead concentric from a pole in the street and no supplied earth. Mine does have a spike ( two as it happens ) and the black wire that went to your back door was possibly attached to a spike...

Without having the whole lot tested again ( by someone else ) How can they prove that the results are incorrect or fiddled?

Sorry that should have been MCB :oops:

Good idea that.. Thank you

how do you control the current? I can see the ammeter and the MCB but what feeds them?