Do I need to add a fuse to fix this cowboy job?

[CallumReed]

Hello. I hope you are all well.

Wife wanted a socket changed in the kitchen so I did so. I found a cowboy job behind the faceplate.

It was a spur and the Earth was snipped. Then there was another cable going behind the wall (also had its Earth snipped) going up behind the cabinet, to connect to the extractor fan.

I managed to get the earths connected to my new socket and I have earthed the top lug of the back box to the faceplate.

My question is: if I want to keep 2 sockets here, do I need to fuse it or is the extractor fan connection ok?

Thanks.

 

[morqthana]

It's as if some people think the earth core is there just to improve the stiffness of the cable.

Anyway - 2.5mm is fine for a socket and a fan, no need to fuse it.

But you should sort out that connection shown in photo #4 (my money is on choc-block under that tape, but could be twisted conductors). Given the previous incumbent's attitude to earth continuity, you should check what's going on in case he didn't bother to connect it there either.

 

[ericmark]

Fill out the minor works certificate as a check, a feed in and out means either in part of a ring final, or part of a radial, but not a spur, pictures do not really help you need to test.