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OK thanks for your reply. So which in your opinion is better? This 'false earth' situation, or leaving the earth pin disconnected?

Hi, I have a question relating to my flat in Poland. While replacing some of the mains sockets I realised (to my great suprise, since the flat was built in 1991) that there is no earth on any circuit! The person who had installed the sockets had bridged the earth pin with the neutral pin...

Personally I really wouldn't worry about this. I have seen firemen carry very hot calor bottles out of a burning barn. Why would they explode just sitting in a garden? The bottles are very strong an incorporate overpressure release valves that vent the gas in the event of high temperatures...