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so without the earth (i.e. - without rewire) will the circuit breaker (is it an RCB or an MCB or something - you'll have to excuse my lack of knowledge) on the consumer unit trip out if I came into contact with a live/ switched live on the lighting circuit or would it allow supply oblivious to...

why not?

I gather from the forum that my house is not unique in it having no earth on the lighting circuit. If everything is working ok do I need to bother rewiring - how unsafe is it leaving the lighting circuit as is? What sort of cost are you looking at to rewire a medium sized 3 bed semi with...

cheers but I'm intrigued now! presumably something is causing it to light up ... what? ... or is it an x file?!!!

I\\\'ve come across something weird and wondered if any of you guys could give me a bit of advice. Recently rewired some lighting upstairs as found there was no earth circuit for it. As no power in loft until I finished (upstairs lights isolated), I wired all new junctions up carefully and...