Hello All,
I noticed when replacing the original 1968 lighting circuit in my loft (due to a strange green goo present in most of the wire/switches/light fittings-what is that?!) that the earth was redundant/not wired into the circuit.
I removed the old shaver socket wiring from the bathroom beneath, which was run from the the same lighting circuit and don't think that it was earthed either.
I now want to install a shaver socket in a wall mounted stainless steel bathroom cabinet above my basin. This will involve cutting a hole in the back of the cabinet and either sinking a box into the wall, or using a surface mounted kitchen box to accomodate the new shaver socket.
On reading the instructions, I notice that the socket says to wire up the earth from the supply, to the switch transformer, and then to the box.
SO! (sorry for long windedness) my question are these:
1)can I use a surface mounted box/pattress - if so how do I provide a run to earth in this kind of box?
2)given that it's stainless steel and I want to cut a whole in it and mount the shaver socket inside it is there a risk of making the whole cabinet live if I mount the box or sink it into the wall?
3)in order to provide an earth on the feed, do I need to run the earth all the way back to the fuse box (2 floors downstairs)?
4)what's the easiest way to solve this problem?!
Many thanks in advance to you wise and good people!
Nick
I noticed when replacing the original 1968 lighting circuit in my loft (due to a strange green goo present in most of the wire/switches/light fittings-what is that?!) that the earth was redundant/not wired into the circuit.
I removed the old shaver socket wiring from the bathroom beneath, which was run from the the same lighting circuit and don't think that it was earthed either.
I now want to install a shaver socket in a wall mounted stainless steel bathroom cabinet above my basin. This will involve cutting a hole in the back of the cabinet and either sinking a box into the wall, or using a surface mounted kitchen box to accomodate the new shaver socket.
On reading the instructions, I notice that the socket says to wire up the earth from the supply, to the switch transformer, and then to the box.
SO! (sorry for long windedness) my question are these:
1)can I use a surface mounted box/pattress - if so how do I provide a run to earth in this kind of box?
2)given that it's stainless steel and I want to cut a whole in it and mount the shaver socket inside it is there a risk of making the whole cabinet live if I mount the box or sink it into the wall?
3)in order to provide an earth on the feed, do I need to run the earth all the way back to the fuse box (2 floors downstairs)?
4)what's the easiest way to solve this problem?!
Many thanks in advance to you wise and good people!
Nick