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    Lightning (yes lightning not lighting) in the kitchen

    Fixed thanks to guidance. Caused by two problems. The first, lack of proper earth, which I am getting fixed urgently by instructing the supply company to install an earth wire to the common stairway junction box. I am told that because this is on the supply side of my meter, I must legally...
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    Lightning (yes lightning not lighting) in the kitchen

    gasbanni, OK there is no earth cable from my electricity meter to the outside supply. The supply company say they are not obliged to provide one, and as you say many others don't have one. Yes the pipes ere used as the earth. So I can pay to get earth cable to meter installed, and I will. That...
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    Lightning (yes lightning not lighting) in the kitchen

    I've got a serious problem, potentially deadly, and I'm wondering where to start. Occasionally, say 8 times over the last year year, to no predicable pattern, my wall-mounted boiler sends what can best be described as a 240v lightning bolt (with a flash + a bang) down the wall to the floor. In...
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