Re: Electric Re-wiring!

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you looked behind the light switches ... are the back-boxes=20=20
really not earthed ?

Chris


On 30 Apr 2007, at 17:50, Mark Golledge wrote:

> Afternoon everyone,
>
> About to replace our boiler and have been told that to ensure it meets
> all the requirements, we first need to have our electrics checked.
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> Anyway, this afternoon we had a local firm come out to give us a quote
> hoping it'd be just Fuse box replacement.
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> Turns out he tells us we need a whole re-wiring job done as there is
> no earth lead in the light switches. Clearly if we go ahead this is
> going to put the boiler replacement on hold.
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> If I'm going to spend something in the region of =A32.5k on a
re-wiring
> job, I think it might be a good opportunity to think about what
> potential there is to link this into digital home requirements.
>
> Any ideas? Only a 3 bed mid-terraced (and our first house so nothing
> large and haven't got the money for any huge job) but I've just
> started out with X10 but want to expand.
>
> Suggestions much appreciated!
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> Mark
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