currently refurbing an old house.
Had a sparky on the job to quote me for installing a new consumer unit. During his inspection he said that he couldn't locate an earth cable coming from the mains feed. No sign of earth entering from anywhere else.
Where can I run a fresh earth cable from too my new consumer unit?

Cheers

currently refurbing an old house.
Had a sparky on the job to quote me for installing a new consumer unit.
During his inspection he said that he couldn't locate an earth cable
coming from the mains feed. No sign of earth entering from anywhere
else.

Depending on the type of incoming supply, you might be able to get the
electric co. to provide an earth - although it depends on a couple of
things, such as availability of an earth on their network, type of
premises (farms with livestock, and premises fed off the same network
as a farm with livestock - I believe it can change the line
characteristics), and it may be a chargeable job.

Where can I run a fresh earth cable from too my new consumer unit?

Ask him if he knows what an earth rod is.

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In message , Colin
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currently refurbing an old house.
Had a sparky on the job to quote me for installing a new consumer unit.
During his inspection he said that he couldn't locate an earth cable
coming from the mains feed. No sign of earth entering from anywhere
else.

Depending on the type of incoming supply, you might be able to get the
electric co. to provide an earth - although it depends on a couple of
things, such as availability of an earth on their network, type of
premises (farms with livestock, and premises fed off the same network
as a farm with livestock - I believe it can change the line
characteristics), and it may be a chargeable job.


It's worth pointing out here that it was quite normal in older
installations not to have earthing back to the supply. The water pipe
was typically used as the earth and the consumer unit earthed to that.
This was exactly the system we had in the old house we lived in
previously. This isn't acceptable now.

As sort of the rewire I did I contacted the supplier and they provided
an earth terminal - in our case it was earthed to the sheath of the
supply cable.

There is a bit in the FAQ on earthing systems,

http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/electrical/electrical.html#system

I'd read that and then ask the sparks what he recommends doing about it.
If he can't give a sensible answer find another one.
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1. Double click icon planet in universe desktop named earth.zip
2. Choose a destination location about 93 million miles from the sun.
You do NOT need to uninstall the previous version of earth if it exists.
If is in fact preferable that you don't.
3. Read the disclaimer "This was created in seven days and is still
BETA, continue at your own risk", and click "OK".
4. Wait about 4.5 billion years to completely install hoping someone
there doesn't push the self destruct button in the meantime.

:-)

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Adrian C

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Adrian C saying
something like:

1. Double click icon planet in universe desktop named earth.zip
2. Choose a destination location about 93 million miles from the sun.
You do NOT need to uninstall the previous version of earth if it exists.
If is in fact preferable that you don't.
3. Read the disclaimer "This was created in seven days and is still
BETA, continue at your own risk", and click "OK".
4. Wait about 4.5 billion years to completely install hoping someone
there doesn't push the self destruct button in the meantime.

5. No warranty implied or given. This does not affect your statutory
rights, which are zero in any case.
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Dave
GS850x2 SE6a
I demand nothing of you except that you amuse me.