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Earths

Posted by Graham Toop, on
I live in a high flat and went to change a ceiling light but found no earth wire checked the other ceiling roses and none of them have earth wires is it ok to fit a metal light without an earth
Christopher Lewis

Christopher Lewis

You can only use double insulated fittings if no earth so mainly plastic fittings. Or you can get a seperate earth ran to the fitting.

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