Moved into property ... No fuses?

[Tunstallwood]

Will get a pic as soon as we can, the wall lights in the living room have earths and the light switches in the kitchen are earthed.

 

[xr4x4]

I can't see a main earth?

 

[sparkwright]

I can't see a main earth?

Looks like it comes in top left of the cupboard, then bottom left of the Revo.

 

[Tunstallwood]

No idea Paul! We will get an electrician out but as its Sunday I wanted to try and understand a bit more about what we have and what may need doing, I have read that in a PME system the earth leakage current is fed back to the electricity boards sub station along a neutral return wire and then to earth, but that might as well be in Chinese to me!

 

[xr4x4]

I can't see a main earth?

Looks like it comes in top left of the cupboard, then bottom left of the Revo.

Ah, yes.

But it doesn't look like it's connected to the cutout?

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Looks like earth conductor here;
View media item 49113but as above cannot see it at cutout, but could be hidden.

 

[Maxatoria]

where it says PME system is there a green/yellow cable heading off somewhere and do you think you can trace it? don't try and wiggle cables too much to find out

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

I have read that in a PME system the earth leakage current is fed back to the electricity boards sub station along a neutral return wire and then to earth, but that might as well be in Chinese to me!

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[xr4x4]

Looks like earth conductor here;
View media item 49113but as above cannot see it at cutout, but could be hidden.

Yeah, saw that.

If you look at the first picture, it's clearer.. You can see a small bolt and wire bottom left of the revo box, maybe this it it...!

 

[Tunstallwood]

Will just get an electrician out ASAP will hit the phones tomorrow!

Thank you for all your comments so far, I still don't understand electric though but even I thought something wasn't quite right.

Andi
Blonde and female - I can change a plug but that's as far as my knowledge goes

 

[Tunstallwood]

Ok, that wire that is pointed out on the pic is green it then goes out of the wall at the top left of the picture where the electric comes in....does that help?

 

[Spark123]

Good idea to check they are registered here: http://www.competentperson.co.uk/ too

 

[Tunstallwood]

The wires at the bottom of the meter from left to right are:

Red
Black
Black
Red

Dunno if that means anything

 

[xr4x4]

What's on the other side of the wall?

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Really not happy no mention of old electrics was made in the survey and surely that should have been obvious to a valuer/surveyor.

What information was offered by your solicitor regarding the safety of the electrical systems and was there nothing that suggested in any documents you received that electrical safety could or could not be verified?
I would have a word with both surveyor and solicitor!