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I have just been out for a pre works visit to fit an electric shower.
I cant access the CU as it has a cupboard built in the way.
It's a TT and when I touched the earth rod whilst clearing the mud out of the way (I wanted to actually see the connection) I got a shock. It was more of a tingle, but still a shock.
The water has main bonding, the gas doesn't (at least I cant see the main bond).
I put an earth leakage clamp meter around the main earth and got 0.01mA, so basically nothing.
The main switch is a 100mA RCD.
The earth rod was covered in wet mud.
I haven't done any other tests.
Why would I get a tingle? If I get the job, I'll be IR testing so I can see if there are any N-E faults. Is that the only reason why there may be potential on the earth rod?
Also, why did my clamp meter not read anything? I'm not sure if my clamp meter reads DC though.
I cant access the CU as it has a cupboard built in the way.
It's a TT and when I touched the earth rod whilst clearing the mud out of the way (I wanted to actually see the connection) I got a shock. It was more of a tingle, but still a shock.
The water has main bonding, the gas doesn't (at least I cant see the main bond).
I put an earth leakage clamp meter around the main earth and got 0.01mA, so basically nothing.
The main switch is a 100mA RCD.
The earth rod was covered in wet mud.
I haven't done any other tests.
Why would I get a tingle? If I get the job, I'll be IR testing so I can see if there are any N-E faults. Is that the only reason why there may be potential on the earth rod?
Also, why did my clamp meter not read anything? I'm not sure if my clamp meter reads DC though.