Your old switch plate doesn't have an earth connected. It should be earthed ,and so should the new one .
There appears to be earth conductors present in the mounting box ,are there ?
Your old switch plate doesn't have an earth connected. It should be earthed ,and so should the new one .
There appears to be earth conductors present in the mounting box ,are there ?
For clarification for OP and myself can an earth/cpc be taken from the back box to the switch plate on a short piece of wire? Does this have to be the same csa (cross sectional area), using the cpc core from say twin and earth?
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