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The statement you posted does not seem to be totally clear.
if you are talking about a reading between live and live then this would generally refer to insulation resistance measurements.
The higher the reading the better.
Therefore for a statement to say "neon boiler high reading live- live" would actually indicate that there was no problem with the readings as they are high.
Neon indicators on switches can generate low insulation resistance readings on live-live measurements, however this is not a fault it is just the nature of the neon.
Boilers are often supplied via fused spurs with neon indicators so someone may have assumed a switch with a neon indicator was a boiler.
Then they would have had to have got confused between high and low readings. And also got confused about whether this was a fault or not.
This is probably why you are getting varied responses here.
Earthing of metal accessories such as sockets generally refers to the metal face plate being earthed.
On some accessories it is necessary to run an earth tail from the circuit earthing to the metal face plate, however most modern plates are connected to the earthing terminal and are therefore earthed by the nature of their construction, especially sockets.
If a socket is not earthed it could mean that the faceplate could become live if there was a fault on the socket and this would not switch off automatically as it should do on a safely earthed circuit.
However the above could only be determined by taking off the faceplate and visually checking the wiring.
If the sockets have a earth cable connected to them but there is no continuity back to the consumer unit then this is also dangerous in case of a fault and could be checked without taking off the faceplate.
OVerall it sounds like an unlikley situation
if you are talking about a reading between live and live then this would generally refer to insulation resistance measurements.
The higher the reading the better.
Therefore for a statement to say "neon boiler high reading live- live" would actually indicate that there was no problem with the readings as they are high.
Neon indicators on switches can generate low insulation resistance readings on live-live measurements, however this is not a fault it is just the nature of the neon.
Boilers are often supplied via fused spurs with neon indicators so someone may have assumed a switch with a neon indicator was a boiler.
Then they would have had to have got confused between high and low readings. And also got confused about whether this was a fault or not.
This is probably why you are getting varied responses here.
Earthing of metal accessories such as sockets generally refers to the metal face plate being earthed.
On some accessories it is necessary to run an earth tail from the circuit earthing to the metal face plate, however most modern plates are connected to the earthing terminal and are therefore earthed by the nature of their construction, especially sockets.
If a socket is not earthed it could mean that the faceplate could become live if there was a fault on the socket and this would not switch off automatically as it should do on a safely earthed circuit.
However the above could only be determined by taking off the faceplate and visually checking the wiring.
If the sockets have a earth cable connected to them but there is no continuity back to the consumer unit then this is also dangerous in case of a fault and could be checked without taking off the faceplate.
OVerall it sounds like an unlikley situation
