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Thanks Mike. Was the earth connected to the mobile racks in order to reduce interference with the broadcast equipment?

Thanks, John. Apologies if I've misunderstood you, but there isn't any kind of electrical feed going directly to the cabinet; all it is is a metal box that houses rack servers and switches. Each of the servers/switches have their own CPCs. However, some of these servers/switches have a screw...

It has specific lugs for the main body and fly-leads already connected to the side panels and door. I was just trying to find out if it's acceptable to run a 10mm earth from the cabinet straight into the consumer unit, which I think the answer to which is yes I can, but 10mm is overkill.

Thanks for the info. I believe you're correct, it's more for EMF protection rather than electrical safety, now that I think about it. In that case, perhaps it's not essential running a CPC back to the MET for this particular purpose. However, the data cabinet might though...? Would it be...

Thanks for your input. I just though it would provide increased protection, or at least reduced noise/interference? I only thought of doing this is because my old offices from where the equioment was removed from had an earth block attached next to the cabinet and had earth cables attached to...

Hello folks, Apologies in advanced if this is a daft question about earthing my data equipment in garage, but I'd rather be safe than sorry... At the moment, we have a CU installed in the garage for lights and sockets, located at the front of the garage. At the back of my garage we house IT...

I guess the first ever owner of the house (we're the third) may have been pretty old then, because these houses were only built in 2005. This now leaves me the task of moving the cable for the light to the other switch. That way I'll have the permanent live, and the cable for the light in a...

That's good to know. Was there a specific reason for the 'conduit method' to be used back when it was popular?

Yep, that is also a very strong possibility. I'm not a sparky, but I must admit that it really annoys the crap out me to see all of the neutrals stuffed into a single choc block connector and all of the earths sleeved within a single sheath. ☺️

Thanks Dave, Yes, that thought had crossed my mind about the length of the cable, but it's probably using a foot more cable take it from the second switch. I'm strongly thinking of taking out the cable to the light from the second switch and moving it to the first switch, as it'll make wiring...

Hi everyone, A (7-day belated) Happy New Year to you all. We recently moved into a new house, and I have a question about how the 2-way light switches in my garage are wired up: The first switch has the permanent live coming in, and the 3-core+CPC cable between the two switches. The second...

Yes, it's 2 plate. There's already 2 cables in the switch - one for the incoming power to the switch, and one going out to the light fitting. So, from my understanding of what you said, it would be best to add a 3rd 1.5mm cable from the switch, taking the permanent live, neutral, and CPC to the...

Thanks for your help, Geoff. Thinking about it even more, I don't think I can take power from the 2nd lighting circuit: The 2nd lighting circuit's lights are turned on/off by the FCU, so that'd mean that I'd need to keep the FCU (and therefore the lights) on permanently for the NEST to be...

Hello, I have a wired version of a Google NEST Protect (Smoke and CO detector) which I need to install in my garage. We've recently moved into a new house. My garage is very long, and the way the power that comes into it is split a bit weird, or at least to me anyway: The 1st half of the...