Ok. So a few weeks ago my wife got a shock off what she thought was the metal kettle we use plugged into the outlet which is also the cooker switch (a twin unit).
She binned the kettle as thought it was faulty and plugged the new kettle into another outlet in the kitchen.
This is now the same circuit as the toaster.
The toaster and kettle circuit also supplies the washing machine and dishwater.
The cooker circuit is different and wired to a different MCB.
Although the cooker is at the end next to the toaster and washing machine.
No RCDs in the house.
The other day she got a shock off the toaster (again so she thinks).
Now obviously he the toaster and kettle are double insulated so surely this is impossible.
Plus the toaster is a different circuit to the one the cooker is on (and old kettle WAS on)
So I’ve checked all the sockets and they show fine with the socket tester.
Just went and got a new non contact pen and checked the toaster (clear), kettle clear. Washing machine flashes on the control panel (as expected I guess) but no where else.
Now the cooker flashes the pen on every metal part even when not being used (but still switched in to power the clock)
Is this normal? When switched off it’s clear so the switch works!
When she gets a shock it’s only every so often (once a week) cannot be repeated (although she got two shocks in an hour today)
I havent had a shock yet!!
I’m wondering if the cooker is live and faulty and the shock she is getting is it being earthed by being near another earthed appliance?
It’s odd that the shocks are random and cannot be repeated.
Surely there should be no voltage detected on any part of the cooker ever.
I’m probably going to just get a professional in but would like some ideas consider first. A ex sparky friend is confused (although i have only just tested the cooker with the pen), he initially thought maybe a dodgy connection under load due to the randomness.
Any ideas (but mainly curious that the cooker which should be double insulated shows live) ?
She binned the kettle as thought it was faulty and plugged the new kettle into another outlet in the kitchen.
This is now the same circuit as the toaster.
The toaster and kettle circuit also supplies the washing machine and dishwater.
The cooker circuit is different and wired to a different MCB.
Although the cooker is at the end next to the toaster and washing machine.
No RCDs in the house.
The other day she got a shock off the toaster (again so she thinks).
Now obviously he the toaster and kettle are double insulated so surely this is impossible.
Plus the toaster is a different circuit to the one the cooker is on (and old kettle WAS on)
So I’ve checked all the sockets and they show fine with the socket tester.
Just went and got a new non contact pen and checked the toaster (clear), kettle clear. Washing machine flashes on the control panel (as expected I guess) but no where else.
Now the cooker flashes the pen on every metal part even when not being used (but still switched in to power the clock)
Is this normal? When switched off it’s clear so the switch works!
When she gets a shock it’s only every so often (once a week) cannot be repeated (although she got two shocks in an hour today)
I havent had a shock yet!!
I’m wondering if the cooker is live and faulty and the shock she is getting is it being earthed by being near another earthed appliance?
It’s odd that the shocks are random and cannot be repeated.
Surely there should be no voltage detected on any part of the cooker ever.
I’m probably going to just get a professional in but would like some ideas consider first. A ex sparky friend is confused (although i have only just tested the cooker with the pen), he initially thought maybe a dodgy connection under load due to the randomness.
Any ideas (but mainly curious that the cooker which should be double insulated shows live) ?
