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The "superior" design of Socket-Outlets in Australia/New Zealand. where there is no metal Yoke to be Earthed and no metal Box means that there is no need (or ability) to connect the PE conductor to anything except the Earth terminals of the socket-outlet concerned...

You are posting a "different" question on another "thread". To use a "North American" light fixture in France, the wiring and other equipment within the lamp MUST be rated at 230V AC - (Minimum) For ES lamps, it is probable that no adapter will be needed. (However, see Post #3) "Mains...

Looping at the Switch will mean that you will have a Neutral there, if you ever need one for any future "device". Having a Neutral available at the location of a switch is now REQUIRED for "new work" in North America.

Here (again) we have an "newbie" poster (using a [now cheap] High Impendence Digital Voltmeter) discovering "Ghost Voltages" - due to capacitive/inductive coupling, or whatever. Many on this site could write out a description of "why this is so", that one should use a "Low Impedance" meter for...

Modern sealants are quite effective - unless you want to send a ROV down towards the "Titanic" ! The Plug has a "sealing ring" so the two units need to tightly screwed together. The socket connectors actually "leak" - a bit of air. Hence, it would be a good idea to provide additional...

The Items which you have ordered have 3 Keyways which are NOT evenly spaced, so that you can insert the plug into the socket only one way (Roughly speaking, the keyways are at the "points" of an isosceles triangle - NOT an equilateral triangle.) However, since you have ordered the "pair", you...

Here is a small comment relating to faults in heating devices:- Such devices (usually) have an overheating "thermal cutout". This is usually a bi-metal strip device, which resets itself when the temperature drops. However - in addition - they usually have a "Thermal Fuse", which melts when/if...

As Ragnar-AT wrote See https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Wiring_Accessories_Menu_Index/Junction_Boxes/index.html

The Protective Multiple Earthing (PME) system is termed MultiGrounded Neutral (MGN) in North America and Multiple Earthed Neutral (MEN) in Australia/New Zealand. THE Protective Earth (PE) conductor is connected to the Neutral to provide a Low Impedance path in order to operate a "Protective...

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthing_system Because they use (mostly) TN-C-S a does Australia/New Zealand.

The photo which you posted shows the Earth and Neutral conductors each connected together with Wago connecters and with the Line conductors "waving in the breeze" Unlikely to be true (from the photo) since that shows that the Line is not connected to anything. However, if true, the fault lies...

Not really. The TN-C-S system requires that the Neutral be bonded to the Earth. How else can the "Neutral" be a Neutral, unless it is bonded to the Earth? TN-C-S is used almost universally in North America and Australia. It is also used in the UK - and many other countries See...

Some of the "arguments" in this thread are becoming "Unreasonable". A "Safety Device" (be it an RCD , Isolation Transformer, Smoke Alarm or a Seat Belt (et al) is just a Device installed/used in the hope of preventing Injuries/deaths resulting from a "Fault" - however that "Fault" my be...

Well, there are these, which work on 12 V or between 3.6 V and 24 V, with a claimed range of at least 50 m...

While I am sorry to write it, if you do not know that which you are attempting to do, perhaps you should.

You really need to understand that which is "going on" with your "Multi Location Switching" (usually called "Multi Way Switching".) Please see "More than two locations" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiway_switching

This is the first time that I have seen the term "granny charging". I now see that it is associated with "Charging" an Electric Vehicle from a "normal" Socket-Outlet, whatever that may be in the country concerned. Of course, this is all that one would need, for day-to-day travelling in an an...

It was a comment relating to attaching items to overhead "Service Cables". There has been a comment that this could be useful to deter Squirrels in the UK !

In Australia, it is "common practice" (to deter possums from traveling to ones roof ) to slit one or more thin plastic "water bottle(s)" down one side and to the center of the base and fit that/those over the incoming overhead cable - well away from the entry point. While a possum can grip the...

Arc Fault Detection Devices are now required in the US (and Canada [?]) on circuits which feed Socket Outlets in Bedrooms (among other locations). The main reason for requiring AFDDs in such situations is ostensibly the possibility of an Arc Fault in an Electric Blanket. However, I strongly...