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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Hi, I have found out this since: If the earth is disconnected from the shower unit the voltage on the shower hose goes up to 109V AC When this happens the 3amp fuse in the switched spur doesn't blow and the RCD protecting the Ring main the spur is on doesn't trip either. Needless to say I've...
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Thanks for the link too, all the best.
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Im sure he does, thanks for your time Midwest
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Yes for some, for instance if I just have the cooker and appliance ring on there seems to be no voltage on rad. The 3 lighting circuits and Smoke detectors that seem to affect the reading are next to each other on the board but no single circuit kills the voltage. If I turn off: Lighting...
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Hi Mhar, Thanks for your reply, no, the rad is copper all the way so part of the earth, the shower hose is Extraneous as you said the connector is plastic. since the unit is earthed and the rad is earthed and bonded to each other I guess the difference is because the voltage is making the hose...
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    I've had two Part P registered sparkies round already and booked in for next week hopefully to do some more testing. Unfortunately it's not something I can instantly achieve - seems to be a busy time round here - there is a massive amount of housing being built so I'm just waiting in line - I...
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Cheers for the reply Midwest - I'll have a think about nails, I did put a piece of chipboard down in the loft, I'll make sure I haven't nipped or crushed a cable up there.
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Good call Risteard - yes, the earth is going into and out of the box with the 100A rather than tagged onto the cable before the fuse.
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Sorry Wilko - in answer to your question it seems to be pretty constant 0.2v and 2v unless I run the shower when it increases. If I run it then stop it then run it again it is cumulative but the subsequent rises are not as high as the first which goes from 2 to 12v, the second might get it from...
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Cheers Murdoch - Im sure this will be next on the list when my sparky comes back. If not I'll mention it to him. I don't suppose there is anything I can do to check this? I'm not going to mess around in the CU so I guess I'll have to leave that idea until he comes back.
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    my sparky says Im TNS. I'm told that the setup will be that the earth is taken from the Neutral and in my box I have a 100amp fuse and the earth cable goes into a box and comes back out of it. I have got solar panels linked into the supply but sparky checked it and said it wasn't that. There...
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Cheers Murdoch, my sparky has tested from the earth bond under the sink in kitchen back to CU and it was fine with wander lead and megger
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Thanks so far for the interest, Cheers spinlondon re the pump. Wilko I got a tingle from the shower head in the shower and began investigating as I'm allergic to electricity :o) Midwest I don't want to bond the shower frame - I'm using it as a 0v to measure the others in the absence of 100m of...
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    Hi spinlondon, Cheers - no one has mentioned this. Could the shower motor be faulty? If the shower is completely disconnected physically apart from the bonding the radiator to shower frame is still 0.2 - 0.4v I measured it without the shower running at about 2am and radiator to shower frame...
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    Low Earth Voltage in bathroom from bonded fittings

    I have a hot/cold feed power shower in bathroom, shower frame and a radiator near by. I'm measuring the voltage difference between the three things and getting the following and wondered if anyone could help. Had two sparky's out who have not thrown any light on it so far. Shower hose (metal) to...

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