Good to hear, hopefully you can get someone out soon to take a look.Hahaha, thanks and yeah off at board flicked off the switch labelled cooker on my fuse box.
Not sure I understand. If you can post a picture of the consumer unit (fuse box) we might be able to see if it was RCD protected or not.Would the trip have limited the 9volts when I touched it or would it not have made a difference.
The 30mA style of RCD is designed to provide additional protection to personnel ("additional" here means after the usual steps of insulation, barriers, etc, designed to prevent contact with live parts in the first place). You can still get a nasty surprise but it ought to disconnect fast enough to keep you out of the danger zone under normal circumstances.
But RCD don't always work, and you should test them twice a year to make sure they do trip when an artificial fault is generated by the test button! When doing such tests remember to shut down and switch off at the mains PCs, TiVo boxes, smart TVs, fridge/freezers, etc, that might not like being switched off and back on quickly while you do the tests.