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How To Wire a Plug
rleete:
Called wire nuts over here. Still used, but only on solid wire. Standard in most home wiring over here, I believe. However, code requires all splices to be in sealed junction boxes of plastic or grounded metal.
Mr blindbird:
Most interesting,good to know and makes copletely sence...about that ground wire...
luckely i dont have any over here......yep....all scratch your heads now...and i know it's not that safe but this house is 50 years old,all the electrical wiring is still the original,the kind that is insulated by some sort of fabric instead of the now used plastick like thingys.
There is absolutely none grounding in the intire house what soever :lol:
The minute i change anything about any wiring,i'll have to let safety inspectors in to check everything wich will end in an intire rewiring of the whole house :scratch:
Darren:
Er.......
Please don't invite me over... :lol:
What country was it again....Belgium, isn't that part of Europe, or the EEC or both.....I'm sure you are supposed to have an earth.... :scratch:
John Hill:
If nothing in the house is grounded that would be safe though it is difficult to see how things like plumbing could be relied upon to be non-grounded. Of course if neither line is grounded I suppose that would be safe too as the entire house would be protected in the same way that before RCD breakers came available we used to use isolation transformers.
The 'MEN', 'PME' systems deliberately introduce an earthed environment so that most fault conditions will cause a fuse to blow or breaker to trip. That is one way to get a safe (enough) system but it is not the only way.
Darren:
So what happens when you grab a live whilst standing in the shower then?
Tell you what, how about you disconnecting your earth John and giving us a demo, be sure to video it though.... :lol:
Earth systems were developed for a reason.
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