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Earth Sleeving ... what's it for?

gkenyon

Prompted by a comment in this thread:  Have you ever done it like this?

I thought it would be worth airing some opinions on the purpose of 'earth sleeving':

(a) According to BS 7671 (what Regulations require it, and for what purpose?)

(b) According to other risk reduction measures

  • What actually happens is someone undoes a fitting to decorate behind it, then when they push the fitting back one of its terminal screws touches the bare circuit protective conductor.

    Then there is either a big flash and a bang or the RCD trips depending on if it is a line or neutral terminal, just to really catch people out the RCD trip may be delayed until a heavy load is connected.

  • in reply to Sparkingchip

    Who the ek needs erf sleevin?

    What does B.S.  E.N. 60684 say?

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    Using sleeving was wasn’t even considered back in that era by the electricians who tied the earth wires in a knot behind the fuse board.

    I remember opening up a fuse board in Cheltenham to find the earth bar was completely unused without anything terminated into it and there not being any earth wires visible at all.

    There are still some about like that.

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