10-10-2012, 09:11 PM
Thanks Mark, yes there is provision at the house end for RCD protection, I am still not to sure about the earth arrangements at the caravan end.
The earthing arrangement from the power distribution companies feed to the house is as follows:
At the meter box (on outside wall) the house wiring earth is connected to the incoming neutral.
From there back to the distribution (step down) transformer there is a buried earth running from the neutral down each pole and so on so far back as the transformer (we are at the end of the line)
The power distribution company put in a new external meter box recently at my request, I asked the question about running a line from the house to the caravan and they sort of shrugged there shoulders ie: they couldn't comment.
To me my situation seems to be like it is just a spur and like a spur in the house the earth would be the electricity distribution companies earth?
What would be the reason for a separate ground earth spike?
Just to confirm...the caravan is a caravan by legal definition even though there is no fibre glass or metal sheathing or wheels in it's construction, it's of timber construction.
Lawrence.
The earthing arrangement from the power distribution companies feed to the house is as follows:
At the meter box (on outside wall) the house wiring earth is connected to the incoming neutral.
From there back to the distribution (step down) transformer there is a buried earth running from the neutral down each pole and so on so far back as the transformer (we are at the end of the line)
The power distribution company put in a new external meter box recently at my request, I asked the question about running a line from the house to the caravan and they sort of shrugged there shoulders ie: they couldn't comment.
To me my situation seems to be like it is just a spur and like a spur in the house the earth would be the electricity distribution companies earth?
What would be the reason for a separate ground earth spike?
Just to confirm...the caravan is a caravan by legal definition even though there is no fibre glass or metal sheathing or wheels in it's construction, it's of timber construction.
Lawrence.
