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I don't have a neon screwdriver!
Well buy one and join all the other idiots who own one.
Only joking.
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I don't have a neon screwdriver!
some washers have a device in them which does give a slight leakage to earth but if its putting a voltage on earthed metalwork,socket screws,appliances etc then the earth is down somewhere along the line.Yes. Same place electric will. Although from the CU I can see that the sockets are in fact not a ring.
Phil D, but how about if there is an earth/neutral fault in the washing machine, couldn't that make the socket screws and any other appliance plugged in to be live? (I don't follow why the socket screws and other appliances are not live unless the washing machine is plugged in). Surely just a straightforward earth fault in the circuit would mean that they sockets stay live all the time?
How about going back to basics and removing all socket fronts checking connections and doing some basic tests and see what the results come up with!
Sorry for being sarcastic just feeling that way out! :vanish:
and everybody stop bickering!
Now then Kath sounds like you feel like giving out a few neon drivers.lol:13:How about going back to basics and removing all socket fronts checking connections and doing some basic tests and see what the results come up with!
Sorry for being sarcastic just feeling that way out! :vanish:
and everybody stop bickering!
Thanks for the replies. It turns out to be a fault with a separate appliance which was plugged in (washing machine). When unplugged, the fault in the sockets (ie live sockets) disappears.
I only had my electrical testing screwdriver with me.
frightening........
Now then Kath sounds like you feel like giving out a few neon drivers.lol:13:
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