Shocks from wet cutter......

[merlecollins]

Not sure if anyone can help out here?

On Friday, when I was cutting with my DeWalt D24000 wet cutting machine I was getting electric shocks when touching any of the metal parts with wet hands . Not massive belts, I hasten to add, but definite surges and jumps like when you lick the end of a square battery

It was awful, but I persevered with the thought that it might have got dampness in somewhere and it would dry out over night

Went back in yesterday and the exact same thing was happening . I put some vinyl gloves on and it stopped (obviously) but I was still catching it if I hit the metal with my elbow or arm

Now this machine is only about 6 weeks or so old, so I'm hoping it's not that Could it have something to do with the electrical system in the house as it's still a building site??

The joiner got a bit of a jump off the tube off the metal hoover pipe on Friday as well, but we put that down to static......

The house i'm working in is a brand new build, but I assume we're working from a temporary supply as it's a single fused trip switch and not a multi fuse distribution board.

I would be extremely grateful of any assistance in this matter as I've got to go back in the morning and don't really want to go up in a blue flash if I can avoid it

 

[nickblake]

Getting shocks and you carried on , was the cutter plugged into and RCD protected socket , doesnt sound like static not when it was wet sounds like the machine has got water it where it shouldnt , get the socket tested where it was plugged in, people always plug into a socket we never know they are safe just assume they are

 

[merlecollins]

Cheers Nick, the machine has an RCD built into the power lead and it held fine.

If it has got water where it shouldn't (not sure how that could have happened!) will it dry out and be OK?

 

[mogga]

IMO if id payed £600plus for a bit of kit and it "is giving me shocks" Id be taking it back or phoning help line and getting a rep out Pronto and stoping using it

if the house your working in has faults get it checked out (Even temp instals have to conform to regs)

 

[merlecollins]

if the house your working in has faults get it checked out (Even temp instals have to conform to regs)

Cheers Mogga

TBH the spark thats doing the job is first class so I would be amazed if he's dropped a clanger or left a site unsafe

If there has been dampness in the motor or anywhere else, will it dry out and be OK? Just with it being a wet saw I would have thought that anything electrical would be well and truly sealed

 

[Dave]

Kev.. i have had similar on my Dewalt saw.. but only my son has felt this slight tingle shock and we both use the saw.. i will email Roy from Dewalt and see what he says..

 

[merlecollins]

Kev.. i have had similar on my Dewalt saw.. but only my son has felt this slight tingle shock and we both use the saw.. i will email Roy from Dewalt and see what he says..

Ahh, thats great Dave, thanks a lot for that You know how much i LOVE my D24000 and it really takes the shine off it when I'm nervous about using it

 

[Dave]

OK.. emailed Roy, will wait for reply.

 

[Dave]

Just wear some gloves for now mate..

 

[merlecollins]

Just wear some gloves for now mate..

And a long sleeve rubber top...LOL - Like the only gay in the village.....LOL

 

[Dave]

I can just see you now....

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[merlecollins]

You been on your 'specialist' websites again Dave??

 

[Dave]

Yea.. Utube.

 

[alarm man]

am i right in assuming two people got shocks off 2 different bits of equipment? or the same bit of equipment, sounds like a circuit or supply fault. it may be a small site but big or small the work should stop till the faulty equipment or circuit is fixed.imo
re- the spark,your only as good as your last job..

alarm man

 

[merlecollins]

am i right in assuming two people got shocks off 2 different bits of equipment? or the same bit of equipment, sounds like a circuit or supply fault. it may be a small site but big or small the work should stop till the faulty equipment or circuit is fixed.imo
re- the spark,your only as good as your last job..

alarm man

Cheers Alarm Man

Yeah I was getting surges all day off my wet cutter - almost a slight numbness which went half way up my forearm and also nippy shocks to my finger tips

Then I noticed the joiner jump when he was hoovering up his shavings - when I asked him what had happened he said he had got a bit of a shock off the metal tube on the hoover I pretty much dismissed that as static

The mains cable comes into the house and is currently wired up into a single fuse RCD unit that has approx. 4 double sockets coming off it supplying all the extension leads for the various trades........

I wouldn't have thought my wet saw would have anywhere that water could cause a problem.....