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Moving an earth bonding cable

VoucherMan · 2019-01-14 20:06:08

Before I start, I just wanted to check I'm not about to do anything 'unsafe'. A couple of years ago I had a new fuse box fitted, along with the earth bonding cables. The water supply comes in through the cellar, and the cable to it takes a somewhat unsightly, and quite long route to it. Now I'm preparing to decorate I…

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Ectophile Posts: 7,987 Forumite

22 January 2019 at 12:42AM

Tom99 wrote: »

The outbuilding is a garage and utility room with the main gas boiler, sink, power points etc. There is a small old fashioned fuse board inside the outbuilding. All pipes and cables run through a wooden box type conduit about 2.5m above ground between the house and the outbuilding.

OK, in that case, you need a qualified electrician to come up with the least expensive compliant solution.

If it sticks, force it.
If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.
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