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Which end of earth to use?

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  • 26-09-2019 12:25pm
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    Hardtochoose
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    Hi,

    Swapping out a white plastic light switch with a metal one. The earth cable has one end looped around the neutral sheathing and one end connected to a block. Which part of the earth should I use to connect to the new metal switch?
    See photo attached
    Thanks

    https://ibb.co/b1y62gP


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    johnnyfruitcake
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    That's the earth from each incoming cable twisted together, remove it from the connector and use it to earth the switch.


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    meercat
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    johnnyfruitcake wrote: »
    That's the earth from each incoming cable twisted together, remove it from the connector and use it to earth the switch.

    Or alternatively, connect a new piece of earth wire into earth connector block and connect to switch. This may make it easier to terminate into switch plate.


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    Risteard81
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    Really those cpcs should be independently sleeved, rather than twisted together and covered by one bit of sleeving.


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    Bruthal
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    All earth ends twisted like that into a single sleeve is a cowboy job in my opinion. No thought of the possibility of needing to separate them at some stage.


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    Hardtochoose
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    Bruthal wrote: »
    All earth ends twisted like that into a single sleeve is a cowboy job in my opinion. No thought of the possibility of needing to separate them at some stage.

    That doesn’t surprise me at all, new build house (2 years old). A lot of the work is shoddy, redoing it all bit by bit.


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    Bruthal
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    Hardtochoose wrote: »
    That doesn’t surprise me at all, new build house (2 years old). A lot of the work is shoddy, redoing it all bit by bit.

    Well whe I say cowboy job, it's more that I find it very annoying trying to separate them which happens sometimes. Most I've seen twist them all into one. I prefer individual sleeved.


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