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Guys,

Have a look through the electrical sections on this DIY site:
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/home.htm

Just a couple of things to start the ball rolling:

From http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/spursocket.htm

Have they not heard that in earlier versions of the IEE Regs. it was permissible to run two outlets as a spur from a ring? Finding two cables into a socket does not guarantee that it is part of the ring and therefore O.K. to spur from.

Huh? How can you have a spur from the end of a radial circuit? If you add an outlet onto the end of a radial, the original outlet is no longer the end -- The new socket is!

From http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/bondingbathroom.htm
No, no, no, no, no, no, no...........

Is it any wonder that that earthing is so misunderstood when misinformation like this is perpetuated so often?

Wow!,
I can see this topic becoming a real whipping boy.

I think the doctor needs to make an appointment with maybe a consultant. This looks like a real can of worms site for advice to me. B.Q hand outs are better than this rubbish.

Paul,
This morning (Sunday) at 10am I was responded to a house with a local Electrical Inspector, via a call from the St Johns Ambulance.
What had happened was the H/O had cut the Main Earthing lead to his house while doing some gardening.
Brian (the Inspector) and I re-joined the Earth wire and were met by a series of sparks.
Once joined, we read a current of 29A.
Upon investigation, it was found that the Earth Potential Neutral that fed the house (Over-head Reticulation) had broken some time ago and the Earthing system was carrying the Neutral current.
Oddly enough, there was, not far from where the wire was cut, the label that all of our MEN wires carry, it said this:

• Earthing Conductor: Do Not Disconnect!!

The guy died at the scene, after having cut the wire with a set of un-insulated end-pincers.

Paul,
There's some rather strange advice on that site.
To quote it, after the DIYer has been instructed on how to install an Electric Shower Unit:
Good Lord!.
As far as us Electricians are concerned, Health and Safety laws, ruled out the use of the 240V Megger ages ago.
However, I also note that Part P has had an effect on this site as well, thus:
Hmm.



[This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 01-08-2005).]

always your worst fear with PME supply..