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domestic bathroom fan
Having removed an overrun 4" bathroom extractor fan ( to be relocated
)i noticed that the earth wire had been left bare , unconnected ( no position to connect it), and wraped around the outside sleeving. As i intend on being a cheeky bugger and using the existing cable and set up, i wondered if that was correct. It seems as if it was installed by a qualified sparky as the quality of install was high, and also it was a large-ish insurance job. And before you jump down my throat i'm doing the work for myself. |
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domestic bathroom fan
Fan should be double insulated so as you say noo need for earth.
I think you are supposed to cut back the exposed earth wire but I suspect that what you had is safe enough as there is no exposed metal to touch the earth. I tend to cut back then wrap the end of the sheathing in insulating tape just for extra safety. "dave" wrote in message om... Having removed an overrun 4" bathroom extractor fan ( to be relocated )i noticed that the earth wire had been left bare , unconnected ( no position to connect it), and wraped around the outside sleeving. As i intend on being a cheeky bugger and using the existing cable and set up, i wondered if that was correct. It seems as if it was installed by a qualified sparky as the quality of install was high, and also it was a large-ish insurance job. And before you jump down my throat i'm doing the work for myself. |
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domestic bathroom fan
whilst the fan is double insulated the earth should be terminated into a
conector block so that it is available for testing purposes. loz "David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... Fan should be double insulated so as you say noo need for earth. I think you are supposed to cut back the exposed earth wire but I suspect that what you had is safe enough as there is no exposed metal to touch the earth. I tend to cut back then wrap the end of the sheathing in insulating tape just for extra safety. "dave" wrote in message om... Having removed an overrun 4" bathroom extractor fan ( to be relocated )i noticed that the earth wire had been left bare , unconnected ( no position to connect it), and wraped around the outside sleeving. As i intend on being a cheeky bugger and using the existing cable and set up, i wondered if that was correct. It seems as if it was installed by a qualified sparky as the quality of install was high, and also it was a large-ish insurance job. And before you jump down my throat i'm doing the work for myself. |
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