Barmy I know, but shocks?? from plastic switches?

[Kamikaze]

Hey ...... divven't gan writin' off the auldun's ......... they've got a lifetime of experience & can show ye tricks ye've never dreamed of!!! :38:

50 in Led Zeppelin terms is halfway up the stairway to heaven. She will be that hot, she can set off the sprinkler system just using her hot flashes.

 

[telectrix]

don' t knock the owd 'uns .like geordie says. and like my old man used to say. " kissing don't last for ever but cooking does".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAzaOZfgf0M

 

[YoungScud]

There's actually been a little bit of a stir recently with the suggestion that, in certain circumstances, phenolic plastics may become conductive. There doesn't seem to be a lot of evidence either way as yet, it's pretty well all anecdotal as far as I know.

 

[davesparks]

There's actually been a little bit of a stir recently with the suggestion that, in certain circumstances, phenolic plastics may become conductive. There doesn't seem to be a lot of evidence either way as yet, it's pretty well all anecdotal as far as I know.

If you put enough of a potential difference across it then anything will conduct

 

[Marvo]

Plastics can be hygroscopic and they can also be porous. Could be a moisture or condensation problem.

 

[123]

Worth asking them if they have had new carpets just fitted, static can give a little shock

 

[YoungScud]

If you put enough of a potential difference across it then anything will conduct

These were single phase cutouts of an older type. Like I said, a bit inconclusive, although one theory is that they were cracking with age.

 

[Deleted member 9648]

Lets hope she survives till Wednesday, if I had a client reporting shocks I'd be round same day.

 

[BroadReach]

I have seen it where a light switch in a kitchen gave a shock in a friends house.

"Usually happens after I have cleaned it"

Turns out cleaning with a more than damp dish cloth.

When I took switch apart the detritus between the rocker and face plate had to be seen to be believed.

Add a little water and Mr AC Volts gave a tickle

 

[Dizzy_Maskell]

Yeah had this plastic breaks down and conducts is possible