Stupid things you discover

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Originally Posted by scarry

Refrigeration has lots of moisture around and heaters,so nuisance tripping can be an issue.

Freezers particularly have electrical terminals covered in ice and condensation all the time,but pure water does not conduct electricity.Until it gets contaminants in it.

Multimeters often won’t pick up earth leakage faultsyou need a mega.

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Megger[emoji6]

Hi,
I don't have access to a megohm meter any more, but yes, the best thing would be to fix it.
However, the house was built in 1986, and ELCBs were the new kid on the block at the time and most houses around here still don't have them.
Cheers

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Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
I don't have access to a megohm meter any more, but yes, the best thing would be to fix it.
However, the house was built in 1986, and ELCBs were the new kid on the block at the time and most houses around here still don't have them.
Cheers

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I've fit rcd's to houses a lot older than 86, if the wiring is not up to scratch or the fittings, then it must be fixed, as there is an issue.

My fist house bought in 1996 still had fully functioning cloth insulated wires in nice flat wooden conduits in the ceiling - worked fine! In fact much safer than the rubber insulated stuff in metal conduit that came after the wooden stuff.

hmmm. Our house was built in 2009 so should (I hope) be perfectly safe re electrickery, but....

sometimes, every now and then, when I touch the metal surround of the cooktop I get what feels like a tingle in my finger. Electric shock? Nah, can't be. Today my son touched the same place and stepped back in surprise looking at his finger, 'hey, that tingles.'

hmmm....

Check your house earth connection. Make sure there's not a plastic pipe somewhere giving you a bad earth.

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Originally Posted by carjunkieanon

hmmm. Our house was built in 2009 so should (I hope) be perfectly safe re electrickery, but....

sometimes, every now and then, when I touch the metal surround of the cooktop I get what feels like a tingle in my finger. Electric shock? Nah, can't be. Today my son touched the same place and stepped back in surprise looking at his finger, 'hey, that tingles.'

hmmm....

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Please do something about that, soon

Also: when you do a rewiring to replace old rubber insulated wires don't leave the old wire running alongside the new. AC current can induce current flow in the old wire. Houses have been lost in this way.