by BLAKEY1963 »
Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:11 pm
[quote="cwvxr"]Hi,
My father-in-law is fitting some new lights in his kitchen (metal) and tells me there is no earth supplied for one of them, he wants to carry on and fit it without using an earth !, please can you supply reasons why this is BAD! as he will not take my word for it, aside from me saying this may be fatal ! I dont know what elae to say? Maybe if he see's some responses from some qualfied sparks he will think again. Ive told him that the earth maybe cut back to the rose and maybe just a case of going back to find it but he just wants to fit the light.
Thanks.[/quote]
CWVXR
Just to back up sparx with his expert advice.
Being self employed as an electrical contracter too , quite recently
one of my customers connected a metal fitting with no earth wire
present ( old wiring ) and accidently trapped a live conductor against the frame of the metal fitting.
on restoring the power he recieved a very nasty electric shock
while puting in the lamp.
The paramedics said he was very lucky , as he was also concussed from the fall off the metal steps.
The customer is fortunately ok now , and i have done remeadial
work to upgrade wiring , but it could have been a different
out come. please follow sparx s advice.
i wish u safe working.
BLAKEY1963