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by GrahamRounce
Sun Sep 19, 2021 4:31 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Earthing problem as getting shock from appliance and steel sink
Replies: 4
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Re: Earthing problem as getting shock from appliance and steel sink

Yes, thank-you. So it's just the washing machine socket in the kitchen, which must be on a different ring main to the rest of the ground floor sockets which are ok. The max current is 0.3mA. At 100V that translates to about 300k ohms, which could well be due to damp? It's a bit mysterious because, a...
by GrahamRounce
Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:02 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Earthing problem as getting shock from appliance and steel sink
Replies: 4
Views: 1685

Earthing problem as getting shock from appliance and steel sink

Hi - after getting a SLIGHT shock touching an appliance and the steel kitchen sink simultaneously, I put a meter between them and found 100v ac.
I take it that's not correct? Should I look in the fuse box? Or where?
Thanks,
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