Recent content by Averagesupernova

Maybe he thought he had "hardware". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_disease

I have several female cats and this year each had a litter of kittens. One early and one later. The later mama decided she didn't mind nursing the other's well grown used-to-be-kittens which are now cats. They all have been eating dry food for quite a while.

There is definitely a different sound between the two. Once you realize it you'll always be able to tell the difference.

I doubt a new one can be bought any different. Everyone thought when they came on the market that the reliability would be a problem but from what I've seen it's an improvement.

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 safest. We are pretty much in agreement. Even though we are on opposite sides of the Atlantic electricity behaves the same. At this point it is whether or not you...

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. There will be a ground rod at the transformer as well as one at the service panel for the residence. Two in a lot of cases because NEC says if the resistance is...

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 do this. It is truly a question. Post #34 touched on this a bit. I can't see how it would not be safer than leaving it as it is.

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 circuits or replacing the main panel, etc. Those costs are on me. There is no TT, TN-S, etc. All residences get two hots and a neutral. Very very old residences...

@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 as this goes: This is a straw man argument. It may be your opinion and of course you are entitled to it. If systems like this exist and are not on a list for...

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 at one time then it should be now. The ground rod may in fact be missing or previously removed, etc. Of course this is not correct and needs to be dealt with but...

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 deep. Use something with a round point.

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.

Yep. CRT scopes did this to generate the sweep voltage. I've been involved in a few of those designs. Relatively slow sweep speeds for NTSC waveform monitors. Although I did troubleshoot higher speed scopes for a few years.

This would have cleared up a question I had yesterday. Oh well...

Good luck.