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Earthing ring-main sockets
Hey Folks,
I recently had to replace a ring main socket in a part of the house that was re-wired 20+ years ago by an ex-electricity board inspector. I was surprised to see that the earth connectors, instead of being wired into the socket, were twisted together along with a flying earth and connected to the earth connector in the metal box. The flying earth alone went to the socket. None of the earths were sheathed! Previously, I would have connected all three earth wires into the socket. However, this unexpected configuration seems less likely to come adrift because the three-wire collection goes into a fixed connector and only a single wire goes to the socket. The three-wire collection only needs disturbing if re-wiring is needed, not whenever a socket is replaced. (I recently bought a socket from Wickes; it had a square hole for the earths and I had difficulty getting three thin earths to stay in. I dislike bending the ends as they fall off if you have to straighten them out.) Apart from the sheathing, is the unexpected configuration: legal, less safe, more safe? TIA Peter |
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