Following recent building work, I have electric underfloor heating installed under bamboo floor.
Some people with sensitive skin experience a shock when touch an earth point and underfloor heating is heating.
Wiring checked and double checked, definitely not an earth bonding issue. The problem ONLY occurs when touching a "good" earth (and so path to earth).
RCD protected - doesn't trip (RCD is working). Current flow is so low its unmeasurable on my meter.
I can consistently measure small AC (10 - 15V) voltage from floor to earth, across the whole floor (i.e. from any point on the floor to earth).
Solid wood 15mm floor is an insulator (according to Megger).
This appears to be some sort of induced voltage on the floor surface (capacitance / inductance?). Supplier claims they have not seen this problem before.
Has anyone else similar experience? Is such a voltage "normal" for underfloor system? If so, what voltage is expected?
(And I wonder if a previous thread Help Needed - 'Live' walls
//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=880713#880713
is really another manifestation of the same effect)
Some people with sensitive skin experience a shock when touch an earth point and underfloor heating is heating.
Wiring checked and double checked, definitely not an earth bonding issue. The problem ONLY occurs when touching a "good" earth (and so path to earth).
RCD protected - doesn't trip (RCD is working). Current flow is so low its unmeasurable on my meter.
I can consistently measure small AC (10 - 15V) voltage from floor to earth, across the whole floor (i.e. from any point on the floor to earth).
Solid wood 15mm floor is an insulator (according to Megger).
This appears to be some sort of induced voltage on the floor surface (capacitance / inductance?). Supplier claims they have not seen this problem before.
Has anyone else similar experience? Is such a voltage "normal" for underfloor system? If so, what voltage is expected?
(And I wonder if a previous thread Help Needed - 'Live' walls
//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=880713#880713
is really another manifestation of the same effect)