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<blockquote data-quote="Drumtochty" data-source="post: 537304" data-attributes="member: 35881"><p>Two things that I have seen but not really noticed until recently!</p><p></p><p>There is an earth terminal on the back of the socket face of a metal clad socket along with a live and neutral terminal. There is also an earth terminal on the inside of the metal clad socket back box. Should the earth terminal on the rear face of the socket plate and the back box earth terminals be connected to each other with an earth wire?</p><p></p><p>I have noticed professionally installed metal clad sockets where the wire comes out of the socket back box knock outs with only a rubber grommet in the knock out but the cable is clipped to the wall between the sockets. My issue being that kids could stick things in the space between the grommet and the cable is not physical retained by the socket, in saying that, the cable is retained by the wall clips.</p><p></p><p>I put in a 20mm stuffing gland into a metal clad backing box and tighten it against the cable coming out of the metal clad socket back box and also clip cable to the wall. between the sockets. Am I being over the top with the stuffing gland.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Drumtochty, post: 537304, member: 35881"] Two things that I have seen but not really noticed until recently! There is an earth terminal on the back of the socket face of a metal clad socket along with a live and neutral terminal. There is also an earth terminal on the inside of the metal clad socket back box. Should the earth terminal on the rear face of the socket plate and the back box earth terminals be connected to each other with an earth wire? I have noticed professionally installed metal clad sockets where the wire comes out of the socket back box knock outs with only a rubber grommet in the knock out but the cable is clipped to the wall between the sockets. My issue being that kids could stick things in the space between the grommet and the cable is not physical retained by the socket, in saying that, the cable is retained by the wall clips. I put in a 20mm stuffing gland into a metal clad backing box and tighten it against the cable coming out of the metal clad socket back box and also clip cable to the wall. between the sockets. Am I being over the top with the stuffing gland. [/QUOTE]
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