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by alastair mckie
Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:22 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: electric shock
Replies: 7
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electric shock

[quote="kbrownie"]alastair mckie No not at all, there could be a live conductor touching the metal work of the appliances, electric will find easiest path to earth, so if you are touching cooker and a fault is making the casing live, but there is no path to earth via you, depending what yo...
by alastair mckie
Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:56 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: electric shock
Replies: 7
Views: 3937

electric shock

Here in Spain if I touch metal parts of the cooker or washing machine
and the sink at the same time,which I suppose must be earth, I get a shock.
Does this mean the installation is not earthed? None of the sockets seem to have an earth wire.
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