Lose earth wire

[gaz2]

Help! underneath my ABI Tristar there is what appears to be a lose earth wire attached to my chaise on one end and to nothing on the other is this normal any help would be really helpful

 

[bengibbons]

If the earth wire is attached to the chassis it sould be there, there is one attached to my chassis, and should be every caravan

 

[ProfJohnL]

Hello Gaz

It is difficult to know what the wire you refer to was actually for, It really requires a professional electrician to check if it has broken or what it should be connected to.

As far as I recall the 16th edition wiring regulations require the chassis to be connected to the Continuous protective conductor which is the green and yellow wire running around the 230V ac wiring loom commonly know as the earth wire. I do not know if the current 17th edition changes that requirement.

 

[WatsonJohnG]

If its meant to drag on the ground it could have been fitted as some cars have to discharge static

 

[Damian]

The earth wire should be connected at both ends,yours has broken and needs fixing as soon as possible.

Caravans do not have static discharge wires touching the ground.

 

[WatsonJohnG]

They don't normally have static discharge wires but then cars don't normally have them

My point was that as its a previously owned van it could be one reason for it being there and hanging down

Who knows what reason a previous owner could have had for doing anything??

 

[Woody3]

Let's just kill one common misunderstanding shall we?

Cars do not get charged up with static. get charged up with static as you get out of the car and you clothes wipe on the seat. The first time you touch anything - like the car door - you will get a belt as your clothes discharge through you.

Simple solution - always hold the door (metal) as you get out, then the charge is dissipated as it is created.

 

[WatsonJohnG]

Thats interesting

I only mentionned it as a possibility albeit a faint one for a wire dangling under the caravan

I was in no way advocating mass fitting of anti static wires

When we lived in Berlin in the sixties the static was amazing

A friend always used to shut his car door with his rubber soled shoe and on one occasion I remember seeing a spark from the key jump to the garage door

We were never sure if it was the very dry air or all the radio transmitters in such a small area

We had one of those listening station things at the end of our road !!

But enough digressive senior ramblings

Its not a loose wire I hope!!

 

[gaz2]

First of all many thanks for all your help with this i reatached the wire to the chassis and solved all the problems

 

[gary]

Woody, your quite right about static, I found I kept getting belts from static after cleaning the seats, the problem disappeared after several weeks

Solution I found was to close the door by pushing on the glass and staying clear of any metal ground altogether, fingers marks on the glass made a mess though LOL