On 17 Dec 2006 07:27:45 -0800, wrote:

|Harry Bloomfield wrote:
| David Hansen presented the following explanation :
| On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:54:53 GMT someone who may be Harry Bloomfield
| wrote this:-
|
| Apart from the fact that it would be unlikely to have been wired with
| an earth, those which were provided with one were just bare copper
| wire.
|
| Or alternatively the earth connection was made via the screws from
| the conduit.

We just had a new combi boiler fitted and they did a good job of earths.

| ... and the (likely) grip conduit joints will be so rusted that it
| would no longer be safe to rely upon it for earthing purposes.
|
|There is a problem with half a century old rubber wiring.

Its definitely PVC like the sheds sell now.
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