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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 397872" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>I would suggest you get a local electrician to sort out the lighting fault you have identified and also perform an EICR (electrical installation condition report) It will take a few hours but then you will have a good idea of the state of the wiring in the house and what needs doing to make it safe.</p><p></p><p>As to which electrician, if at all possible get a recommendation from friends or relatives. If you use the likes of Face Book, then ask there for a recommended competent electrician. Although i don't use FB myself, a surprising number of my new customers say I was recommended by someone on FB.</p><p></p><p>Depending on when the house was wired, the requirements for earth bonding in bathrooms have changed over the years. The important thing is each circuit has a sound functional and tested earth</p><p></p><p>Regarding light circuits, in the past some lighting circuits were wired without an earth. It's okay to continue using these as long as all light fittings and switches are class 2, i.e double insulated. That means no metal light switches and generatlly no metal light fittings, though you can get some metal light fittings certified as class 2.</p><p></p><p>To get rcd protection on all circuits it might be possible, depending on what consumer unit you have, to change the mcb's on the non protected side for rcbo's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 397872, member: 6969"] I would suggest you get a local electrician to sort out the lighting fault you have identified and also perform an EICR (electrical installation condition report) It will take a few hours but then you will have a good idea of the state of the wiring in the house and what needs doing to make it safe. As to which electrician, if at all possible get a recommendation from friends or relatives. If you use the likes of Face Book, then ask there for a recommended competent electrician. Although i don't use FB myself, a surprising number of my new customers say I was recommended by someone on FB. Depending on when the house was wired, the requirements for earth bonding in bathrooms have changed over the years. The important thing is each circuit has a sound functional and tested earth Regarding light circuits, in the past some lighting circuits were wired without an earth. It's okay to continue using these as long as all light fittings and switches are class 2, i.e double insulated. That means no metal light switches and generatlly no metal light fittings, though you can get some metal light fittings certified as class 2. To get rcd protection on all circuits it might be possible, depending on what consumer unit you have, to change the mcb's on the non protected side for rcbo's. [/QUOTE]
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