adding earth to old kitchen appliance

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I had an old (1970s?) kenwood chef passed on to me a few years ago by a relative helping a neighbour with a house clearance - it must have once been the pride of someone's kitchen. It looks like this: http://www.museumofcroydon.com/ixbin/indexplus?record=CAT4763

It works fine, has all it's parts, and I've had some pretty good use out of it including the annual Christmas Cake ritual, and a new one would be £200+ so it's quite a result!

It has, however been niggling me that it is almost entirely made of metal and only has a 2 core flex, and I can't see it being Class II. Would it be straightforward to add an earth - like rewire with a 3 core flex, make a hole in the metal casing and bolt the earth to it? Or is it more complicated than that?
 
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Straightforward?

It would obviously be straightforward to do as you say but would it do any good?

Can these metal parts become live?
Would it earth ALL the relevant parts, i.e. parts which may become live and the parts which may be next to them but not actually attached.

If it is not meant to be earthed then you may be making the situation worse.

Earthing is not a good thing in itself; it is a necessary evil applied when other methods of shock-prevention are not available.
Does it have the square within a square
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double insulated symbol?



So - don't really know. Have you a model number? - if information would be available from the 70s.
 
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If it was constructed like that in the 70s, they probably knew what they were doing.

If it was from the 1930s you might have something to worry about.
 
The capacitors used in it will be well past their best, replace them now before they pop/melt/give off large amounts of smoke.
 

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