Keep getting electric shocks in kitchen.

[LiamC1]

I bought my house 11 months ago with no issues, after a few months everything metal in the kitchen starting giving me an electric shock when touched. After a few more months this stopped on its own, and has recently started again. We realised that it only happens when not wearing shoes, if that helps. Any help and advice would be much appreciated. Thankyou.

 

[telectrix]

quoted options for dual RCD board or RCBO. customer had a quote for new CU a few months ago, but the guy said the house needed a total rewire as well. . muppet.

 

[Dave OCD]

£400 and £500 ?

 

[pc1966]

quoted options for dual RCD board or RCBO. customer had a quote for new CU a few months ago, but the guy said the house needed a total rewire as well. . muppet.

Was that the same muppet who was unable to detect this fault recently?

 

[telectrix]

Was that the same muppet who was unable to detect this fault recently?

who knows? customer has been in the house 11 months. been getting shocks from soon after moving in.

 

[pc1966]

Well at least now they have a fairly safe electrical system and hopefully soon a new CU with the additional protection of RCD/RCBOs.

 

[telectrix]

Just out of interest, where did the other (thin) earth wire go?

been today and fitted a RCBO CU. ( fitted above cabinet with cables dug out higher up to give some wriggle room and get all sheaths inside CU enclosure.) the thin earth wire went behing the old CU, where it was joined to a 6.0mm bonding cable. other end of which was attached to the water intake, as expected. but..... gave it a tug and 3 ft, of it came out of the capping for the water pipes where it had been snipped. last week my reading to the water pipe was 0.84 ohms, apparently it was picking up from the gas at boiler and/or parallel paths through the cpc's. rejoined cable and wander lead got the R to water down to 0.27 ohms. IR tests gave worst reading of 47Meg. r1, r2, rN on ring all good. Zs readings well within limits. Happy sparks and happy customer. 5 hours on site with a mate doing the donkey work and fitting a socket for new washing machine.

 

[DPG]

Nice one Tel. Good to see a decent outcome for the OP.

Did you have his alloys?

 

[telectrix]

Nice one Tel. Good to see a decent outcome for the OP.

Did you have his alloys?

nah. he's chained them up, knowing I was coming.

 

[pc1966]

Good to hear that is done

Seems like there were only one or two small but grossly stupid/dangerous things wrong with an otherwise OK installation, now better than ever!

 

[Rockingit]

Always good to hear of this place benefitting people in real time.

 

[Zerax]

been today and fitted a RCBO CU. ( fitted above cabinet with cables dug out higher up to give some wriggle room and get all sheaths inside CU enclosure.) the thin earth wire went behing the old CU, where it was joined to a 6.0mm bonding cable. other end of which was attached to the water intake, as expected. but..... gave it a tug and 3 ft, of it came out of the capping for the water pipes where it had been snipped. last week my reading to the water pipe was 0.84 ohms, apparently it was picking up from the gas at boiler and/or parallel paths through the cpc's. rejoined cable and wander lead got the R to water down to 0.27 ohms. IR tests gave worst reading of 47Meg. r1, r2, rN on ring all good. Zs readings well within limits. Happy sparks and happy customer. 5 hours on site with a mate doing the donkey work and fitting a socket for new washing machine.

Well done Tel.... you sound like every housewife's dream !!

 

[telectrix]

forgot to mention the horrific bodge on a light switch. 3 x T/E 1.0mm and 3 singles extended inside the pannelling round the water piped to sink, using choc blocks and cores stripped out of flex, these chock blocks sitting against the pipes, extended into a 3 gang switch. 2 x 2 way switches for kitchen and landing. 3rd switch had a cpc in L1 and customer wondered why fuse blew when he switched it. no load connected to it. me lad stripped all the shyte out and refitted switch 12" higher up directly onto the T/E and singles. blank plate over old switch position.

 

[Megawatt]

I bought my house 11 months ago with no issues, after a few months everything metal in the kitchen starting giving me an electric shock when touched. After a few more months this stopped on its own, and has recently started again. We realised that it only happens when not wearing shoes, if that helps. Any help and advice would be much appreciated. Thankyou.

I’m not sure about UK way of doing things and I’m not sure exactly how y’all heat your water but in the US we have water heaters with 2 immersion heating elements and I went to a similar call and 1 element was bad and when you touched any sink, spickets, etc you would get shocked and as above with just socks on your giving it a path to ground. Again we are very different in many ways of how electrical is done

 

[telectrix]

I’m not sure about UK way of doing things and I’m not sure exactly how y’all heat your water but in the US we have water heaters with 2 immersion heating elements and I went to a similar call and 1 element was bad and when you touched any sink, spickets, etc you would get shocked and as above with just socks on your giving it a path to ground. Again we are very different in many ways of how electrical is done

in this case, the house had no earth whatsoever. there were several faults in the installation.

 

[Zerax]

...1 element was bad and when you touched any sink, spickets, etc you would get shocked .... Again we are very different in many ways of how electrical is done

We are quite different yeah... like we don't have "spickets" here... well, not anywhere south of Birmingham anyway.