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Extending earth cable for wall socket
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<blockquote data-quote="Phoenix" data-source="post: 495501" data-attributes="member: 8133"><p>As long as you have made the joint in an mechanically and electrically sound manner then thats ok. I have a problem with how that leaflet appears to use the term functional earth, but it does seem like it is indicating a flylead to the box (not required as long as you have one fixed lug, but doesn't hurt to fit)</p><p></p><p>You get some sockets called clean earth sockets, in which the two earth terminals are not linked, one is the protective earth to the lugs that the screws pass through, the other is the 'clean earth' which i could envision being called a functional earth, these are quite rare these days, they were to reduce interference on computer systems that used ground referenced commincations (very very rare these days). But you don't seem to have one of these. You get have intructions that refer to an earth thats clearly a protective earth as a functional one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phoenix, post: 495501, member: 8133"] As long as you have made the joint in an mechanically and electrically sound manner then thats ok. I have a problem with how that leaflet appears to use the term functional earth, but it does seem like it is indicating a flylead to the box (not required as long as you have one fixed lug, but doesn't hurt to fit) You get some sockets called clean earth sockets, in which the two earth terminals are not linked, one is the protective earth to the lugs that the screws pass through, the other is the 'clean earth' which i could envision being called a functional earth, these are quite rare these days, they were to reduce interference on computer systems that used ground referenced commincations (very very rare these days). But you don't seem to have one of these. You get have intructions that refer to an earth thats clearly a protective earth as a functional one. [/QUOTE]
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