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Earth terminal
The earth terminal inside plastic patresses. Does the eath wire require
connecting to the sockets from this ternminal. It seems redundant to me serving no purpose at all except just a terminal. TIA |
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The earth terminal inside plastic patresses. Does the eath wire require connecting to the sockets from this ternminal. It seems redundant to me serving no purpose at all except just a terminal. It is just there to "park" an earth wire when required (e.g. in a lightswitch). -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:43:48 GMT, The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
The earth terminal inside plastic patresses. Does the eath wire require connecting to the sockets from this ternminal. It seems redundant to me serving no purpose at all except just a terminal. I'd run the earth wires from the cables direct to the sockets and put a jumper from the socket to the back box. I wouldn't be at all suprised to find that you *have* to fit this jumper even with a plastic back box. Its about as much use as a fridge to an Eskimo. ;-) A fridge could be very useful to an Eskimo, to stop things freezing. Might have to reverse the heat pump though. B-) -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:43:48 GMT, The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: The earth terminal inside plastic patresses. Does the eath wire require connecting to the sockets from this ternminal. It seems redundant to me serving no purpose at all except just a terminal. I'd run the earth wires from the cables direct to the sockets and put a jumper from the socket to the back box. I wouldn't be at all suprised to find that you *have* to fit this jumper even with a plastic back box. Its about as much use as a fridge to an Eskimo. ;-) A fridge could be very useful to an Eskimo, to stop things freezing. Might have to reverse the heat pump though. B-) So your the cause of global warming. ;-) -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
... Dave Liquorice wrote: On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:43:48 GMT, The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: The earth terminal inside plastic patresses. Does the earth wire require connecting to the sockets from this ternminal? It seems redundant to me - serving no purpose at all except just a terminal. I'd run the earth wires from the cables direct to the sockets and put a jumper from the sockets to the back box. I wouldn't be at all suprised to find that you *have* to fit this jumper even with a plastic back box. It's about as much use as a fridge is to an Eskimo. ;-) A fridge could be very useful to an Eskimo, to stop things freezing. Might have to reverse the heat pump though. B-) So you're the cause of global warming. ;-) -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite The expression often employed to show uselessness is "about as useful as a chocolate teapot!" Jim |
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wrote: The earth terminal inside plastic patresses. Define patress? Does the eath wire require connecting to the sockets from this ternminal. It seems redundant to me serving no purpose at all except just a terminal. If using a plastic lighting switch with no earth required or terminal provided it's simply a make off point for the TW&E earth for possible later use with a metal switch, etc. Surely this is obvious? -- *If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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