On this occasion the back box doesn't have a terminal for earth.

The 2-gang light switch doesn't have one either.

I presume I should use a single choc-block connector to connect these CPCs?

On 26/01/2020 15:48, Fredxx wrote:
On this occasion the back box doesn't have a terminal for earth.

The 2-gang light switch doesn't have one either.

I presume I should use a single choc-block connector to connect these CPCs?

Yes.

Unless you are posh and want to use a wago.

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On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:48:45 +0000, Fredxx wrote:

On this occasion the back box doesn't have a terminal for earth.

The 2-gang light switch doesn't have one either.

I presume I should use a single choc-block connector to connect these CPCs?

You know we aren't there looking at what you are right? ;-)

If you are asking if you can terminate an unused earth wire in a
chock-block (to save it getting into a live connector or some such)
I'd guess the answer would be 'yes' (and I'd sleeve it as well). ;-)

Cheers, T i m

On 26/01/2020 16:00:05, ARW wrote:
On 26/01/2020 15:48, Fredxx wrote:
On this occasion the back box doesn't have a terminal for earth.

The 2-gang light switch doesn't have one either.

I presume I should use a single choc-block connector to connect these
CPCs?

Yes.

Unless you are posh and want to use a wago.

Thanks, I've always been able to park the wire before in an allocated
terminal. I guess this is called progress!

On 26/01/2020 16:16:32, T i m wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:48:45 +0000, Fredxx wrote:

On this occasion the back box doesn't have a terminal for earth.

The 2-gang light switch doesn't have one either.

I presume I should use a single choc-block connector to connect these CPCs?

You know we aren't there looking at what you are right? ;-)

If you are asking if you can terminate an unused earth wire in a
chock-block (to save it getting into a live connector or some such)
I'd guess the answer would be 'yes' (and I'd sleeve it as well). ;-)

Thanks, I always sleeve bare wires. I just feel a connector in a back
box is a cheesy thing to see.

In article , Fredxx wrote:
On 26/01/2020 16:16:32, T i m wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:48:45 +0000, Fredxx wrote:

On this occasion the back box doesn't have a terminal for earth.

The 2-gang light switch doesn't have one either.

I presume I should use a single choc-block connector to connect these
CPCs?

You know we aren't there looking at what you are right? ;-)

If you are asking if you can terminate an unused earth wire in a
chock-block (to save it getting into a live connector or some such) I'd
guess the answer would be 'yes' (and I'd sleeve it as well). ;-)

Thanks, I always sleeve bare wires. I just feel a connector in a back
box is a cheesy thing to see.

you used to be able to buy earth terminals to add to back boxes (perhaps
you still can). I've still got a few. Fine for surface mounted kit, but a
bit difficult to retro-fit on stuff that's nicely plastered in.

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from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:25:58 +0000, Fredxx wrote:

snip

If you are asking if you can terminate an unused earth wire in a
chock-block (to save it getting into a live connector or some such)
I'd guess the answer would be 'yes' (and I'd sleeve it as well). ;-)

Thanks, I always sleeve bare wires. I just feel a connector in a back
box is a cheesy thing to see.

Whilst I agree (and there are potentially 'tidyer' alternatives), who
apart from you is going to see it?

And who (other than you) might see it and think anything negative?

As long as it's safe, (ideally) to code and as neat as you can make
it, ITRW I think that's all you (we) really need?

Cheers, T i m

Leans on old gnarled walking stick...
One used to be able to get a blind terminal for earths that one could fix
to the bottom of the box with a screw. Maybe they were not considered safe
or something if its plastic and broke. My switch boxes in the walls are all
metal, now the cleaner discharges her static on all the securing screws!
Brian

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On this occasion the back box doesn't have a terminal for earth.

The 2-gang light switch doesn't have one either.

I presume I should use a single choc-block connector to connect these
CPCs?

On 26/01/2020 17:23, T i m wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:25:58 +0000, Fredxx wrote:

snip

If you are asking if you can terminate an unused earth wire in a
chock-block (to save it getting into a live connector or some such)
I'd guess the answer would be 'yes' (and I'd sleeve it as well). ;-)

Thanks, I always sleeve bare wires. I just feel a connector in a back
box is a cheesy thing to see.

Whilst I agree (and there are potentially 'tidyer' alternatives), who
apart from you is going to see it?

And who (other than you) might see it and think anything negative?

As long as it's safe, (ideally) to code and as neat as you can make
it, ITRW I think that's all you (we) really need?

Whilst there is a regs requirement that unused earth wires are
"terminated"[1], its perhaps more important to keep in mind there will
be cases where there are more than one cable entering the switch
enclosure, so earth *continuity* must be provided between the CPCs of
the cables - hence the terminal takes on more importance.

[1] and not just folded back inside some sleeving as I will admit to
having done...


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