Obviously - what is your point?But if the appliance was plastic it would not
Obviously - what is your point?But if the appliance was plastic it would not
But if the appliance was plastic it would not
Make a formal complaint, in writing, to the MD/CEO of the business.I went back to the shop where I bought it and he said the earth will just be wired to the body of it and he said 2 wires only should not be a problem.
Are you advocating taking an earth/CPC conductor into all Class II items?Plastic lamps can melt when there is a fault that causes them to over heat but does not take enough current to trip the MCB or blow the fuse. Plastic insulation can then drip off the wires leaving bare, exposed live parts. Having an Earth conductor taken to the item may result in earth leakage currents as the item dis-integrates and this leakage would then trip an RCD or RCBO if one was fitted.
The euro wire is much thiner the the UK one, dose the euro wire have 3 wires to it or 2?
I can but presume that bernard was just talking about taking the earth conductor 'into' the item (e.g. to a 'parking' terminal) - on the off-chance that a disintegrating/melting item may, by chance, cause an L-E fault that would cause a protective device to operate....and, if so, to what would you connect it - in a plastic fiting to be effective?
Obviously - what is your point?
My question really then is, why do some appliances only have a live and earth wire and no earth. My speakers have a plastic case on them so why are they a 3 pin port?Plastic lamps can melt when there is a fault that causes them to over heat but does not take enough current to trip the MCB or blow the fuse. Plastic insulation can then drip off the wires leaving bare, exposed live parts.
Having an Earth conductor taken to the item may result in earth leakage currents as the item dis-integrates and this leakage would then trip an RCD or RCBO if one was fitted.
He is the MD, its his shop!Make a formal complaint, in writing, to the MD/CEO of the business.
It's the difference between class I and class II appliances.My question really then is, why do some appliances only have a live and earth wire and no earth.
Well, he is a dangerous to$$er then.He is the MD, its his shop!
You mean Live and Neutral, of course.My question really then is, why do some appliances only have a live and earth wire and no earth.
I obviously cannot tell from here.My speakers have a plastic case on them so why are they a 3 pin port?
Ok.My domestic stand up lamp only has 2 wire you see
40-50 years ago this would have been useful advice. I've done it myself, with some success. They went out of their way to be helpful and keep me informed, and it resulted in an unexpected fruit cake, in a box, being left on my doorstep. The rest of that story, and the attempts at bomb disposal, I will leave to another time.He could complain to Trading Standards..
Something like this may well work, but again depends on the complainant being familiar with a local radio station and being prepared to devote an evening to doing this.He could try a phone-in on a local radio station and name and shame the guy.
He certainly could try, but the radio station's legal folk might have something to say about the 'safety' of that, particularly if all he had to 'name and shame' about was one single event (which could be atypical of the individual concerned).He could try a phone-in on a local radio station and name and shame the guy.
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