25-06-2020, 03:15 PM
In the UK anyway it's important esp. where the neutral is only earthed at a substation. Here in Ireland we don't have ring mains (usually) and neutral is connected to Earth and gets at least one 1.2 m earth rod. Either at the meter or main fuses, I forget which.
Also I never assume the wiring, especially lights is done correctly. I also can't see how the B&Q bayonet to Euro Edison Screen light socket adaptor is legal as the outer has a 50% chance of being live. I think historically the BC is not just in UK & Ireland but Greece, France and Cyprus.
It's interesting that T&E cable is gone, the one with the bare earth between live and neutral. It's now three insulated cores with the middle live. So wider. I once rewired a basement in the 1970s that had real paper insulated wires IN USE, with the lead outer and sealing pitch at the ends.
Also I never assume the wiring, especially lights is done correctly. I also can't see how the B&Q bayonet to Euro Edison Screen light socket adaptor is legal as the outer has a 50% chance of being live. I think historically the BC is not just in UK & Ireland but Greece, France and Cyprus.
It's interesting that T&E cable is gone, the one with the bare earth between live and neutral. It's now three insulated cores with the middle live. So wider. I once rewired a basement in the 1970s that had real paper insulated wires IN USE, with the lead outer and sealing pitch at the ends.
