Can anyone explain this reading (suspected open circuit)

[Deanog]

Alright troops ! First post here ! Any one come over this situation before !
Yesterday i connected an existing feed for cooker good into socket but it wasn’t working when I turned on!
I tested between live and earth (240v) between live and neutral (12v ) and neutral and earth (0 volt )

I suspected the neutral was an open circuit, I rewire a neutral and that worked!

I can’t think why there was 12v between the L and N

thoughts ?

 

[westward10]

Probably a ghost volt with the neutral being in close proximity to the live line conductor or where it is broken the neutral may be giving a tenuous continuity to earth.

 

[PEG]

Whenever i go trick-or-treating...i take an AVI with me

 

[static zap]

Test meter impedance was high enough to see 12V with capacitive leakage !
(That would have disappeared if a little more current was drawn)
( Both terminals at 240V .. No Neutral .. 0 V on meter , Ooops )

 

[dmxtothemax]

a small current flowing in the earth line combined with the circuit resistance = voltage

if I remember I X R = V.

 

[Kidsolo]

I can’t think why there was 12v between the L and N

probably just inductance