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This particular forum is not likely the place to get your needed advice. We've covered the technical end of what is safe and what is...

Ok. I suspected as much. Here in the USA the transformer is seldom very far from the service panel. Several hundred feet at the most...

So what is to stop you from joining the earth and neutral in your main panel? You would end up with TN-C-S right? I'm not suggesting you...

In other words, kids shouldn't be allowed to be kids. And I question whether you'd get that much of an improvement. I think it would...

In the USA no matter how old the service is there is nothing stopping me from updating to a 'safe' installation by adding three wire...

@sophiecentaur based on your last post then I see this as you simply want an updated system. Why the beating around the bush? - As far...

Based on the above, I don't see why the power company should be responsible for the scenario at hand. If this was an accepted practice...

Or you could probe thought the soil in your yard to find the pipe. This is not an uncommon way to find things that are not buried very...

It's not uncommon for a receptacle to be split. For instance the bottom may be live all the time but the top is controlled by the switch.