Recieving shocks of the kitchen taps.????

[johnhainsby]

I GOT A PHONE CALL THE OTHER DAY,FROM A LADY WHO SAYS SHE IS GETTING A BELT OF THE KITCHEN SINK,SHE TOLD ME SHE RANG HER INSURANCE COMPANY,WHO THEN SENT OUT A EMERGENCY ELECTRICAL COMPANY TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM,WHEN HE GOT THERE HE SAID HE COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE INSTALLATION,AND THAT IT MAY BE STATIC ELECTRICITY,AFTER HE LEFT SHE SAID SHE GOT ANOTHER SHOCK,AND HIS NOW REALLY WORRIED,I TOLD HER I WOULD COME ALONG AND HAVE A LOOK NEXT WEEK,IM THINKING NO EQUIPOTENTIAL BONDIND,NO SUPPLEMENTRY BONDING,NO EXTERNAL EARTH(Ze)KITCHEN RING CIRCUIT FAULT,.P.S SHE TOLD ME SHE AS THE OLD TYPE 3036 FUSES----NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS OR R.C.D.IN PLACE,THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1966,AND AS STILL GOT THE ORIGINAL WIRING.YOU VIEWS PLEASE.

 

[captainkev]

has BG been there to move gas meter, they don't like fitting back the bonding and don't tell the customer it needs doing, its just written in some small print on the job sheet

 

[Marvo]

Thanks for the replies but the thread is almost a year old so I doubt the OP will still be around, it was bumped to the top of the pile by a spam post

 

[i=p/u]

We just vultures marvo...

 

[7029 dave]

Think big lads

 

[i=p/u]

Difference in potential

 

[singingfraggle]

Had a similar fault once ze was checked and was high turned out to be broken neutral on incomer dno sorted it very quickly