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<blockquote data-quote="AmateurDIY" data-source="post: 537951" data-attributes="member: 35924"><p>A friend lent me a tester, just like the one Richard suggested, and I carried out this test today! I have 242V between Live & Neutral, and 242V between Live and Earth. So, in the end I got lucky, and do actually have an earth connection there.</p><p></p><p>Thank you all for the help here! Just to address a few other points that came up:</p><p></p><p>I had a look at the consumer unit, and it looks like a sealed unit. I expect that the cover has to come off, before I can start doing anything there. This seemed more intimidating to me, as an amateur, than the live testing did. Mind you, if I was going to go down that road, I suppose I could have done some more research on conusumer units.</p><p></p><p>I still think my idea of connecting a tester, with the circuit powered down, and then observing the tester from afar is a safe and sensible one. I do have probes and crocodile clips of all different sizes. But to mitigate the clips popping off, perhaps connecting a short wire to each terminal, and then connecting the clips there, rather than to the terminals, could reduce the risk of that.</p><p></p><p>Merry Christmas to all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AmateurDIY, post: 537951, member: 35924"] A friend lent me a tester, just like the one Richard suggested, and I carried out this test today! I have 242V between Live & Neutral, and 242V between Live and Earth. So, in the end I got lucky, and do actually have an earth connection there. Thank you all for the help here! Just to address a few other points that came up: I had a look at the consumer unit, and it looks like a sealed unit. I expect that the cover has to come off, before I can start doing anything there. This seemed more intimidating to me, as an amateur, than the live testing did. Mind you, if I was going to go down that road, I suppose I could have done some more research on conusumer units. I still think my idea of connecting a tester, with the circuit powered down, and then observing the tester from afar is a safe and sensible one. I do have probes and crocodile clips of all different sizes. But to mitigate the clips popping off, perhaps connecting a short wire to each terminal, and then connecting the clips there, rather than to the terminals, could reduce the risk of that. Merry Christmas to all! [/QUOTE]
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