Electric shock from electrically heated towel rail

[Davisonp]

I recently investigated a client getting tingling from touching an extractor fan. It turns out that somewhere along the line the earth had been lost. The tingling was from either induced current, or earth leakage current, which had nowhere to go making the extractor fan framework live with about 55Volts AC. Restoring the earth in the cable corrected the problem.

 

[Pete999]

Hi Jimmy
Bit late in the proceedings, but I'm retired and just logged on, you say it's a new build, as per Marvo's advice about certificates post and present, it may be advisable to ask your landlord for a copy of the initial installation certificate as well, this will be the certificate given for the testing of the installation after completion.

 

[Octopus]

The last fault finding I did like this I discovered that the earth were not continuous and the frame of the shower cubicle was at 230 volts!

 

[David M]

The last fault finding I did like this I discovered that the earth were not continuous and the frame of the shower cubicle was at 230 volts!

Scary!

 

[Marvo]

I guess that's something else worth mentioning. Bathrooms are considered special zones in the electrical regs because of the higher likelihood any electric shock received will result in serious injury or death. Any fault of this nature in a bathroom should be considered as dangerous and should be remedied as soon as possible.