No...the ranger was not earthed. If it has an earth wire then it is a replacement flex. You need to refer to the rating plate which will say double insulated, either in writing or by using the double insulated symbol, which can be found on a google image search. This was the point I was trying to get across earlier. In many cases it will be quite obvious whether an appliance needs an earth, just by looking at the wiring arrangment inside of the machine, but the rating plate with usually indicate one way or the other.
