Thanks ericmark, I have asked another electrician to come and have a look AND rectify the problem, whatever it may be.
What is the difference between an RCD and an ELCB ?
thanks ericmark for your reply. another sparky says the voltage on the earth could be from a neutral which may have been scuffed or under pressure (don't know what he meant by pressure) and that needs to be found and replaced. Since your reply on earthing I have found the earth cable in from the CU ...
Thanks ericmark, This is getting intersesting. The guy who came had ''the works'' with him and he does all the tests and certs for his gaffer too. Anyway the water pipe is plastic and there is earth bonding in the airing cupboard between the central heating pipes etc and in the bathroom connecting t...
If i didn't make it clear in previous notes the 50 volts reading was on the earth wires. I am following the cables around the house and disconnecting each cable to see if the fault remains at the previous rose/connection. Is this the correct method to trace the fault?
Thanks for your replies. reading them made me think a little more. So I disconnected all of the lighting circuits from the CU and tried each one individually until I had established that if I leave out the live from the downstairs circuit or trip the breaker my neon tester does not light. Also with ...
thanks for reply, my wife felt a shock from a light switch which when i put a neon screwdriver to the pins showed live. this was in the lounge downstairs where there isn't carpet. Upstairs didn't show on the tester because of the carpet etc. I phoned a sparky, he came out to test the system with his...
i have a problem with the lighting circuits giving a live reading of approx 50 volts. all the circuits have been checked by a sparky and he cannot find a fault with the wiring and the system does not trip either. he recommends having the lighting re-wired but i am not sure whether this will cur the ...
