What are the dangers associated with wiring earth to neutral in the consumer unit, due to no earth existing in my apartment? Discussion ThreadWhat are the dangers associated with wiring earth to neutral in the consumer unit, due to no earth existing in my apartment? Electrical Advice
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Looking for your thoughts on my situation plz. I've a small apartment in Spain and recently discovered there is no earth in the building, which I'm nervous about. Firstly I purchased individual socket rcd's and put one in all 12 sockets. Don't even know if this is giving me any extra protection or not. There is, what I assume, is an rcd on the consumer unit. I've employed the service of an expat spark, recommended by a friend. He has run an earth connection to all sockets, returning to the consumer unit. We had discussed putting in an earth rod tt connection when I was last in Spain, which I was happy about, although where we are is built on rock, but he said he had a machine to place the rods. Now, on my return, he said the job was complete. When I checked there is no earth rods installed. I opened the consumer unit and the newly installed earth wires have been terminated in the same terminal as Neutral. A masking tape sticker has been placed saying Pme Tierra. To me it feels like I'm swapping one potentially dangerous situation for another. Am I overreacting? Also, what is the situation regarding my socket rcd's and the rcd on the consumer unit, will they act to save me or my Mrs in all situations. I've used a socket tester, (UK 3pin through a Spanish adaptor), and when positive pin goes to positive in the socket, the rcd test does trip the switch. But, if I turn it the other way round, positive pin to negative in the socket the rcd test doesn't trip the rcd. Is that normal? I identified which pin socket carries live and neutral btw so I can plug my UK items in the correct way round. Don't know if it makes a difference. Was going to ask him to put the originally agreed earth rods in, which would be just 6ft below our balcony to street level, but don't want to be that pain in the --- customer, if all is safe, as he seems a nice enough guy. Any thoughts on the safety aspect would be appreciated as I always like things done 100%...
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First time on here....
Looking for your thoughts on my situation plz. I've a small apartment in Spain and recently discovered there is no earth in the building, which I'm nervous about. Firstly I purchased individual socket rcd's and put one in all 12 sockets. Don't even know if this is giving me any extra protection or not. There is, what I assume, is an rcd on the consumer unit. I've employed the service of an expat spark, recommended by a friend. He has run an earth connection to all sockets, returning to the consumer unit. We had discussed putting in an earth rod tt connection when I was last in Spain, which I was happy about, although where we are is built on rock, but he said he had a machine to place the rods. Now, on my return, he said the job was complete. When I checked there is no earth rods installed. I opened the consumer unit and the newly installed earth wires have been terminated in the same terminal as Neutral. A masking tape sticker has been placed saying Pme Tierra. To me it feels like I'm swapping one potentially dangerous situation for another. Am I overreacting? Also, what is the situation regarding my socket rcd's and the rcd on the consumer unit, will they act to save me or my Mrs in all situations. I've used a socket tester, (UK 3pin through a Spanish adaptor), and when positive pin goes to positive in the socket, the rcd test does trip the switch. But, if I turn it the other way round, positive pin to negative in the socket the rcd test doesn't trip the rcd. Is that normal? I identified which pin socket carries live and neutral btw so I can plug my UK items in the correct way round. Don't know if it makes a difference. Was going to ask him to put the originally agreed earth rods in, which would be just 6ft below our balcony to street level, but don't want to be that pain in the --- customer, if all is safe, as he seems a nice enough guy. Any thoughts on the safety aspect would be appreciated as I always like things done 100%...Read more
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