Mrs Symptoms has her own hedge trimmer ... an electric jobby; my petrol one is too heavy for her to use. However, even after warnings about technique/safety, she has chopped through to cable twice and I've had to make repairs.
It's happened again but instead of connecting the original (and now much shorter!!!) factory fitted 2-core cable (double-insulated machine) should I fit a 3-core (2 + earth) with the earth snipped back within the trimmer but connected at the plug end? The previous cable cuts didn't trip the RCDs within the CU (both sides of the CU have them) but just popped the fuse in the plug.
Clearly, I'd like to introduce RCD tripping for extra Mrs Symptoms safety so will swapping to a 3 core flex as above be the way to go?
It's happened again but instead of connecting the original (and now much shorter!!!) factory fitted 2-core cable (double-insulated machine) should I fit a 3-core (2 + earth) with the earth snipped back within the trimmer but connected at the plug end? The previous cable cuts didn't trip the RCDs within the CU (both sides of the CU have them) but just popped the fuse in the plug.
Clearly, I'd like to introduce RCD tripping for extra Mrs Symptoms safety so will swapping to a 3 core flex as above be the way to go?